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HISTORY 



OF THE 



Town of Leeds 



ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY 



MAINE 



FROM ITS SETTLEMENT 



JUNE iO, 1780 



J. C. STINCHFIELD, et als. 



\3b (^o 



PKESS OF LEWISTON JOURNAL COMPANY. 



CONTENTS 



Chapter. Page 

Preface. 

I. Name — Location — Natural Features, etc, i 

Petition and Act of Incorporation 6 

II. The Aborigines 9 

III. Early Settlers and Their Families 17 

Stinchfield Family 17 

Millett Family 41 

Lane Family 50 

Francis Family 55 

Bishop Family 63 

Lothrop Family 69 

Gilbert Family 74 

Jennings Family 79 

Turner Family 84 

Foss Family 89 

Leadbetter Family 107 

George Family 109 

Sylvester Family 112 

Fish Family i t 5 

Cushman Family 117 

Lindsey Family 124 

Knapp Family 133 

Foster Family 140 

Brewster Family 147 

Gould Family 150 

Pettingill Family 153 

Curtis Family 1 57 

Otis Family 162 

Caswell Family 166 

Howe Family 168 

Wing Family 169 

Additon Family 172 



iv HISTORY|OF LEEDS 

Chapter Page 

Howard Family 175 

Deane Family 196 

Mitchell Family 198 

Herrick Family 199 

Boothby Family 205 

Ramsdell Family 218 

Parcher Family 220 

i Bates Family 221 

Merrill Family 222 

Hanscom Family 224 

Leadbetter, Horace 226 

True Family 227 

Gordon Family 229 

Other Families 23 1 

IV. Heads of Families in the Early Part of the 19th 

Century 244 

V. First Mills and Other Industries 248 

VI. A Condensed Review of the History of the Baptist 
Churches in Leeds from about A. D. 1800 to 

1901 25 1 

VIT. History of the Methodist Episcopal Church of 

Leeds 254 

VIII. Universalist Church 257 

I X. Churches 261 

X. Schools of Leeds 263 

XI. Professional Men 269 

XII. Excerpts from Town Records 271 

X I It. List of Leeds Town Officers 275 

Xl\'. Military Record of Leeds 285 

XV. Mail Routes — Post-Offices — Postmasters 297 

XVL Ladies' Aid Society 300 

XVII. Secret Societies 302 

XVIII. Androscoggin Railroad 306 

XIX. Gleanings 311 

XX. Marriage Intentions with Date of Certificate 323 

XXI. Genealogy 362 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



The Indian Carry 

John Chirk Stinchfield Oppos 

1 Ton. Samuel B. StanchfieUl 

h>anjcis Davis Millett 

Rev. Thomas Davis Francis 

George T. Bishop 

Solomon Lothrop and Wife 

Hon. Davis Francis Lothrop and Mrs. D. F. 

Lothrop 

Col. W. L. Lothrop 

John Turner, M.D 

Henjamin Turner 

Rev. Walter Foss 

G. W. Foss 

Laura M. Sylvester 

Stephen Knapp 

Charles Knapp 

Hannah L. Pollard 

1 lenry M. Brewster 

h:iisha D. Gould 

W. E. Gould, M.D 

Samuel Pettengill 

Isaiah B. Additon 

Fred L. Additon 

E. E. Additon ■ 

Stillman L. Howard, Esq 

Hon. Seth Howard 

Mrs. Seth Howard 

Major-General Oliver Otis Howard 

Rev. Rowland Bailey Howard 

Brevet Brigadier-General Charles H. Howard. 

Elder Luther Loomis Howard 

Otis Hill Monument 



Frontispiece 
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37 
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192 

195 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



Coat of Arms Opposite 

Major Israel Herrick 

Frank H. Herrick 

Lucy M. Herrick 

Rev. Samuel Boothby 

Hon. Thomas H. Boothby 

Mrs. Thomas H. Boothby 

Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen Boothby 

Hon. R. C. Boothby 

Daniel Parcher 

D. P. True 

Mrs. D. P. True 

Shore of Androscoggin Lake from Lewiston 

Club House 

Benjamin Woodman 

Leeds Center Looking from the Lake 

Baptist and Universalist Churches, Chapel Hill, 

Leeds 

Androscoggin Lake from Meeting-House Hill. 

School-House, West Leeds 

View Looking Toward Androscoggin Lake. . . 



page 197 
203 
204 
204 
211 
212 
212 
213 

215 
220 
228 
228 

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248 

251 

252 
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297 



PREFACE 



In the preparation and publication of a town history, no inexperienced 
individual is aware of the innumerable difficulties that are met by the 
unfortunate who so dearly pays the penalty of the great mistake of a life- 
time. Of the many reasons that might be assigned for engaging in the 
arduous task, one only is presented by the writer — that of necessity, — forced 
on him because of his family connection with the first settlers, who were 
concerned in primitive events of the town. On one condition was the 
responsibility assumed, and that was that a committee elected by the town, 
consisting of ten or more of its citizens, should furnish the data embodying 
the material of which the history was to be composed, and do it sufficiently 
early to enable the writer to have as much of the limited time as possible to 
prepare the work for publication. How well and fully that condition has 
been complied with may be imagined but not realized. We offer no apol- 
ogy! The work is submitted, and must fall or stand on its merit. 

Special effort has been made to obtain biographies and family records, — 
a feature of greater value than all else combined. In gathering data, more 
and more were we impressed that too long, already, has this work been 
neglected. A few years hence, and much herein contained, had it remained 
unwritten, would pass with those who hold it in trust, beyond the power of 
man to reclaim. Even now, in the absence of reliable records, interesting, 
valuable, and noteworthy matter is entombed with the silent dead. But a 
few years ago, and the shade and gloom now attaching to ripening years 
and waning intellects, drawing their shroud over fallen relics of other days, 
were resplendent lights, shining brightly on the pathways of their cherished 
ancestors. 

Although regrets are in vain, many are those of the writer for the 
omission of families who should have appeared in their proper places in 
this work. Those there are to whom appeals have been repeatedly made, 
to lend their aid in supplying matter pertaining to their own family history, 
who, in their ease, will criticise the arrangement, sneer at the diction, and 
curse the other fellow for omissions for which they themselves are censura- 
ble. None are omitted by intention or design ; but, for want of material 
information. We do not pose as a public store-house of knowledge, from 
which may be drawn, in unmeasured quantities, the family affairs of those 
whose concerns are their own. Much of the given time in which to pre- 
pare this work has been consumed in obtaining the material of which it is 
composed. The hurry in submitting it to writing and preparing it for pub- 
lication are offered for the imperfections which may appear. 



vin HISTORY OF LEEDS 

We would not lose sight of the purpose of this feature of the work, and 
forget our deep obligations to those who so kindly have rendered aid and 
contributed much of the valuable matter which this volume contains. To 
Hon. Seth Howard many thanks are due for record matter in the archives 
of State and town, and valuable data of families ; to those who hive con- 
tributed family biographies and records, of whom special mention should 
be made, are Hon. Joshua H. Millett, of Boston, Mass. ; Hon. 1R. C 
Boothby, of Livermore Falls, Me.; F. C. Howard, of New York; Hon. Z. 
A. Gilbert, of Greene, Me. ; Hon. J. M. Benjamin, of Winthrop, Me. ; Hon. 
G. W. Walton, of Wayne, Me. ; Hon. George Parcher ; Mr. and Mrs. F. H. 
Herrick ; Mr. W. R. Pettingill ; Miss Marion T. Bishop; Miss Abbie Deane; 
Mr. G. A. Jennings; Mrs. Rose Hanscom; Mr. E. E. Additon; Mr. J. C. 
Wing; Mrs. Alfred Beals; H. M. Brewster, Esq.; Mr. R. Ramsdell ; Mrs. 
Kittie Russell ; Mrs. Orrah M. Jennings, of Farmington ; Mr. N. P. Gould. 

To Ephraim D. Foss, of Maineville, Ohio, we are indebted for an 
account of some of the early events. 

To the wonderful memory of Mrs. Hannah L. (Knapp) Pollard, a life- 
long resident of the town and one of its best productions, may be ascribed 
the fountain from which has been drawn reliable and valuable information 
which could have been obtained from no other source. 

Church Histories were written — Baptist, by William R. Pettingill; 
Methodist, by Rev. F. A. Hall ; Univcrsalist, by F. H. Herrick ; Free Bap- 
tist, Friends and others by 

The chapter on schools was prepared and written by Mrs. Lucy M. Her- 
rick. to whom the people of the town are especially indebted. 

Secret Societies — Miss Abbie Deane, et als. 

Professional Men— W. Gould, M.D. 

J. C. STINCHFIELD. 
Wayne, June lo, 1901. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS. 



CHAPTER L 

NAME LOCATION SOIL NATURAL FEATURES ACT OF INCOR- 
PORATION, ETC. 

The town of Leeds, the plantation name of which was Little-- 
borough, took its name from Leeds, England, the birthplace of 
John Stinchtield, the father of Thomas and Roger, the pioneer 
settlers. It is located in the Androscoggin valley — meridian 
70° 15' west longitude, and 44° 15' north latitude. It is bounded 
north, by East Livermore ; south, by Greene and Wales; east, by 
Wayne and Monmouth ; west, by the Androscoggin River, or 
Turner and Livermore. Auburn, the county seat, is fifteen miles 
distant in a south-western direction ; and Augusta, the State cap- 
ital, about twenty miles easterly. As originally surveyed and laid 
out, in 1 780- 1, by the proprietors of the "Pejepscot Claim," its 
northern boundary was the northern boundary of that claim on 
the east side of the Androscoggin River, and extended from said 
river to "Androscoggin Great Pond" on a direct line of wdiich, the 
north line of "Old Elder Thomas D. Francis' " farm was a part. 
It was given the name of Littleborough, in honor of Col. Moses 
Little, who was the agent and a prominent owner in that com- 
pany. Livermore bordered it on the north from river to pond. 
February 16, 1801, it was incorporated the 128th town in the Dis- 
trict of Maine. In 1802, that portion of Livermore south of a line 
extending from the Androscoggin River to the western boundary 
of Wayne, of wdiich the north line of the farm of Increase Lead- 
better (now the farm of Samuel P. Francis) was a part, was 
annexed to Leeds. In 1809, taken from Monmouth and annexed 
to Leeds, was a piece of land 160 rods wide and the length of the 
line between those towns. In 1810, that part of Leeds known as 
the Beech Hill section, was annexed to Wayne. In 1852, that 
portion of Leeds sometimes called New Boston, wa,s set off 
and annexed to Wales. As now constituted, the town is about 
twelve miles in length, and its width varies from aliout one mile 






2 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

in the extreme northern portion, to near five in the central and 
southern, and has an area of twenty-two thousand acres. Its 
native forestry was chiefly pine, for which it was long and widely 
noted. Probably no other township was its equal in the pro- 
duction of gigantic monarchs of the forest. The Androscoggin 
X'alley in which Leeds is situated, has a drainage area of 36,000 
square miles — extreme length no, and 70 in breadth from Ran- 
dolph, X. H., to Readfiekl^Me. In the eastern extremity of this 
area is the water-shed of the "Thirty IVIile River." From the 
highlands, which form the divide from Sandy River, to the great 
Androscoggin, a chain of fourteen lakes, ponds and their con- 
necting streams clothe the valley in mirrored sunshme and beauty. 
The last in the course, more beautiful than all the rest, — that 
which our fathers loved most and best, and around which cluster 
fond remembrances of childhood's happy days, is our own Andro- 
scoggin thrice sung in county, river, and lake. Dead River, the 
terminal of the "Thirty Alile River," is the natural and only out- 
let of these waters and receives them in two branches near .the 
mean portion of the lake. Flowing inland they form a junction 
and thus united, the river continues on its meandering way along 
the alluvial banks, a distance of nearly two miles v.diere it follows 
its channels of ages agone to its confluence with the Andro- 
scoggin. The land surface of Leeds, not unlike that of many 
Xew England towns, is of a diversified character, and along the 
central and eastern portions hills of considerable magnitude over- 
look the middle and lowlands which, in some localities, are 
broken by bogs and meadows. The soil varies from a light, 
sandy loam, which prevails more extensively, to a strong, heavy 
loam on the elevations, while in some sections clay predominates. 
The interval lands along Dead River, and here and there on the 
shores of the Androscoggin, are rich in alluvial deposits, and 
have been very productive ; yet, like all else, were not made of 
that material which improves with age and use. The range of 
hills along the Androscoggin from its source to the receding 
waters of the sea, is continuous through Leeds. The Fish or 
Otis and Bates — better known as Quaker Ridge, — together with 
Bishop and Hedgehog hills, are notable members of that range. 
These and lesser elevations are mostly free from boulders, while 
the miles of stone walls arc remaining evidence that the ground 
was once liberally strewn with stones in those sections. Inter- 
spersed among the u]:)lan(ls are occasional ledges, outcroppings 
of granite and traj) rock, which especially abound on the north- 
ern part of Bishop hill, where it was said of Zadoc Bishop, who 
came there from jMonnKuith in 1783, and like the wn'se man of 
old, built his house on a rock that, "he made a practice of filing 
the noses of his sheep, that they might reach the scanty verdure 
that grew in the close crevices of that rock-bound hill." Be that 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 3 

as it may, labor and industry have been rewarded with prosperity 
and plenty, and some of the best farms in Leeds are on this emi- 
nence. From the several elevations extended and most beautiful 
views are presented. 

It is only a matter of little time when Leeds, with its delightful 
scenery, — pure air and water, — pleasant drives and lake advan- 
tages, will become a favorite summer resort. The most striking 
geological feature of the town is the alluvial deposit. "The Cape," 
lying on either side of Dead River from beyond and between the 
outlet of the lake and its ancient western shore, one mile and more 
in length, by one-third of a mile in width, is the continual alluvial 
growth of ages unknown. It is irregularly divided by the river 
in its tortuous way, gracefully sweeping to the one side in close 
approach to the lake shore, leaving but a narrow connection of 
the peninsula. One of these of less width than others, distant 
from the mainland one-half mile, or more, was utilized by the 
Indians, and since by palefaces to carry their canoes and wangan 
from river to lake, and retains the name of "Carrying Place" to 
this day. The story of a ditch having been dug across it by the 
Indians, as related in the history of Androscoggin County and 
other works, is the imagination of some over-zealous mind. It 
was the work of Col. Leavitt Lothrop. dug for the purpose of 
stopping cattle, instead of building a fence. The rocky promon- 
tories forming the head of the lake were formerly islands of the 
cluster near the middle of the lake, and their outlines are now as 
distinct as when surrounded by water. 

Leeds is an agricultural town and compares very favorably 
with the best in the Androscoggin Valley. Development of the 
west revolutionized no New England industry more than that 
of agriculture. In earlier years, all the grains common to Maine 
were extensively cultivated and grown with profit to the hardy 
tiller of the soil. He supplied his family with flour ground from 
wheat of his own raising ; and to have bought for the consumption 
of his family, or his stock, a bushel of corn, meal or other feed, 
would have been to acknowledge his eligibility to the ranks of 
drones. How changed ! Flour of better quality can now be pur- 
chased for less money than would be required to pay a laborer 
to raise the wheat, to say nothing of the use or cost of the land 
from which it is grown. Stock raising became an important and 
paying industry. The superior quality of beef produced from 
the Durham and Hereford families gave to New England, and 
especially Maine towns, where they were abundantly bred and 
reared with pride and profit, a great precedence in the big mar- 
kets, over the inferior stock of the west of Spanish origin. In 
time, the shrewd stock ranchers of the plains procured bulls in 
the east, turned them out with their native herds, and soon monop- 
olized the beef markets of the world. Driven from their strong- 



4 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

hold, Yankee ingenuity brought out the creameries, butter,, 
cheese, and canning factories and now defy the west, or the 
world, in competition. The people of Leeds, noted from its set- 
tlement to the present for their patriotism, intelligence, industry 
and thoughtfulness. early established these industries within 
their borders and have acquired a reputation for the excellency 
of their products. Orcharding has been attended with favorable 
results in some sections of the town. The first apple tree set out 
in Leeds produced a crop in 1900. It is now standing near the 
buildings of L S. Carver ; and, with five others, was brought 
from Xew Gloucester, by Thomas Stinchfield, in the spring 
of 1781, and planted there. 

The saw and grist mills of our fathers, located on Bog Brook 
that constituted the water-power of the town, where the giant 
pines were converted into material of which many buildings are 
composed and the grain products of the farmers were ground 
and bolted into meal and flour, have yielded up their business, — 
the former to those of steam and water-powers of larger pre- 
tensions, and the latter to the great western concerns. The 
tanner — the country shoe-maker — the cabinet-maker — the skilled 
carpenter — the potter — the clock-maker — the tailoress and seam- 
stress — the cloth-maker — the butter- and cheese-maker, all. and 
many more, have forever disappeared and will live only in history. 
They have been supplanted by machinery operated by capitalists 
and combinations of capital, and the business of the country is 
now being done by one machine more powerful than all the rest — 
monopoly. "The post-riders" on fleet horseback, with mail- 
pouches securely strapped on behind them and others in front, 
containing matter collected and for distribution, making the 
woods resound with blasts from their long, tin trumpets — a warn- 
ing of approach that delay be avoided. — who made weekly roinids 
of the towns in this section, — later giving place to the cheery, 
bustling mail and passenger coaches, are among the things that 
were ; while steam and electricity in that capacity, constitute the 
things that are. The blow that killed hundreds of New 
England towns gave to Leeds a new lease of life. With the dis- 
appearance of the stage-coach came the railroad, which extends 
the entire length of the town. The four stations, and a fifth just 
outside its limits, viz. : Leeds Crossing, Curtis Corner, Leeds 
Center, North Leeds, and Strickland's Ferry, afiford the people 
facilities that few municipalities enjoy. Where stood the little 
saw and grist mills on the brook at West Leeds, ample and con- 
venient, perhaps, for their day, the capacious box and dowel 
factory of R. E. Swain is doing an extensive business, which 
offers to the people a good home market for their timber ; while 
at the Center, G. W. Lane has a steam mill, capable of grinding 
all the corn and grain grown in the town in excess of that used 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 5 

in his trade. Near the Dead River bridges, C. H. White & Son 
have a plant for the sawing and manufacture of kunber, the 
product of which would have taxed all the little old mills of for- 
mer days far beyond their capacity, had they been operated con- 
tinuously tw^enty-four hours every day in the year. Nor are these 
all that have replaced those primitive little conveniences. At 
Curtis Corner is another steam mill where large quantities of 
lumber of various kinds are sawed and manufactured ; while near 
the brick school-house, still another establishment is operated. 
Dairying and the production of sweet corn are chief among the 
industries now engaging the people. A ready money market for 
the corn is found each year at the factory in « the center of the 
town, at remunerative prices. The corn fodder is nutritious and 
of worth in the production of milk and cream, and an important 
factor of the profit derived from dairying ; therefore, the two 
industries are rendered almost inseparable. The production of 
cheese has been a paying business for several years ; and while 
many factories have been idle, Leeds has continued hers in oper- 
ation, showing, conclusively, that skill and good judgment remains 
with her people. No place in New England possesses greater 
natural features of interest, or is more inviting to pleasure or 
rest seekers from the hurry and bustle of city life, than the shores 
of- Androscoggin Lake. Its spacious, mirrored waters, white- 
capped now and then by the summer breezes, affords unexcelled 
boating ; and already rowing, sailing, steam, and naphtha launches 
are every day visible in their graceful meanderings ; or, pushing 
out from shaded beaches to angle for pickerel along the margin 
of the lily-pads and blossoms of varied hues, in which the shores 
abound ; or to the more rocky bottoms to troll for the gamey 
black bass ; or to the deep waters where white perch furnish rare 
sport for the unprofessional lady anglers and children. The piny 
elevations gradually rising in beauty from the lake shore and 
river banks, are dotted here and there with gurgling springs 
of pure cold water, where the gay, rambling parties tarry to 
refresh themselves and linger in their invigorating shades. Such 
extensive and beautiful landscape scenery as that presented to 
view from the summits of the surrounding hills, is unsurpassed 
on this continent. The cottages by the lakeside, of recent con- 
struction, with many more in prospect, — the rapid increase in the 
numbers of summer guests at the public and private residences 
in the vicinity, evidence the fact that the charms which cluster 
around our lakes and hills have not escaped the vision of the 
tourist, nor failed of w^orthy mention to his associates and more 
numerous acqaintances. Mingled with the new faces are those 
of many whose childhood days, never forgotten, were spent in 
Leeds. Wherever their worldly pursuits may have led them, or 
whatever they may have been, the fond memories of youth bring 



6 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

them back to greet anew the friends and scenes they love so welL 
Relatives and friends may have departed, but their graves in the 
vallcvs. the river, the lake and the meadow beside it. the hills 
and the wild-wood, all are here to give silent welcome to their 
sons and daughters. Let us ever revere their memory and render 
thanks to heaven, that we are the descendants of a most worthy 
ancestry, and natives of one of the most beautiful of the pictur- 
esque New England towns. 



Petition and Act of Incorporation. 

To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Co iirt A sseni bled: 

We your petitioners inhabitants of the Plantation of Littleborough in 
the District of Maine humbly sheweth 

That whereas we are now deprived of many important advantages, 
from our present situation, which we should otherwise enjoy as a body 
corporate, and as we are zealous to obtain all the privilidges, which as- 
citizens we are entitled to, and the many inconveniences resulting from 
transacting business, in our present capacity, must be considered as giv- 
ing some weight, connected with many other claims, — having the number 
of one hundred, and four settlers, and from the natural increase the great 
necessity of Public Grammer Schools, must be apparent, the bad state of 
roads, can in no way be improved, which is an object of magnitudge to 
ourselves, as well as the public, the remidy of one, and the important right 
of the other, we are now debarred of. 

From these considerations, we are induced to pray for an act of Incor- 
poration, for your petitioners, with all the privilidges, and immunities, of 
a body corporate, by the name of Cuba. From the infancy of the Country, 
and the inability of many of the inhabitants, we likewise pray an 
exemption of the State Tax for the term of five years. As in duty bound 
shall ever pray. 



Isaac Collier. 
Stephen Wellcome, 
Josiah Turner, 
Morgan Brewster, 
Samuel .Strong, 
John Jennings, 
Zoar Samson, 
Beriah Samson, 
James Samson. 
Simon Wood, Juner, 
Jacoli Bailey, 
John Bates, 
Levi Bates. 

Nathaniel House, jnr., 
Elias Lane. 
Bachler Wing, 
Nathaniel Owen, 
Joseph Mitchell, 
Daniel Lane, 
Peter Lane, 
Oliver Randell, 
Abiel Dailey, 



Ephraim Andrews, 
Amos Beany, 
Joshua Barry, 
Stephen Foster, 
Solomon Millet, 
Thomas Additon, 
Thomas Francis, 
Eleazer Rand, 
Thomas Epes, 
Oliver Otis, 
Jamey Lain., 
Andrew Cushman. 
James S. Pauley. 
Cornelius Gilbert, 
Jonathan Fish, 
Richard Higgiias, 
Giddins Lane, 
Daniel Lane, Jun. 
Obadeah Pettingill, 
William Turnex. 
William Pettingill, 
Thomas Lindsay. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 7 

(Illegible) Fish, Joseph Bishop^ 

Daniel Robins, Daniel Lothrop, Jur., 

Thomas ^Millet, George Turner^ 

David Woodman, Sulliven Lothropr 

Rogers Stenchfield, Daniel Lothroi>r- 

Samuel Gilbert, George Lothropr 

Benjn. Gilbertr Jacob Day.^ 

Micah Samson, 
Heircy Gilbert-r 
William Gilbert^ 
Edward Bailey,- 
Beriah Samson, juner. 

In the House of Represent's, Jan'y 14, 1800. 
Read & committed to the standing Committee on applications for 
Incorporations of towns, &c to consider & report. 
Sent up for Concurrence. 

Edw'd H. Robbins, Spk'r. 

In Senate, January 14, 1800. Read and concurred. 

Saml Phillips, Prsdt. 
Endorsed : 

PETITION OF THE INHABITANTS OF LITTLESBOROUGH. 
Copied did). 

N B Boundries of the within Littelsborrough Beginning N W Corner 
of Greene running N on Anderscoggin Rivver to Livermore Line thence 
E to Vane (Wayne) thence S By Monmouth Line to Greene thence N W 
to the first Mentned Bounds Containing about 16000 Acres of Land includ- 
ing Boggs & warter. 

In the House of Representatives, June 6. 1800. 

Read & committed to the stand'g Committee on applications for Incor- 
porations of towns & to hear the parties & report. 
Sent up for Concurrence. 

Edw'd H. Robbins, Spkr. 

In Senate, June 10. iSoo. Read & concurred. 

S-\m'l Phillips, Presdt. 



COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, 

Boston, Mass., March 7, 1901. 
A true copy. Witness the seal of the Commonwealth. 

[L. S.] Wm. M. Oljn, Secretary of the Commonwealth. 



CHAPTER 41, ACTS OF 1800. 

COM^IONWEALTH OF ^lASSACHUSETTS. 

/); flu- Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and One. 

An ACT to incorporate the plantation of Littleborough, in the County^ 
of Kennebeck, into a town by the name of Leeds. 

Sect. I.— Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, 
in General Court assembled and by the Authority of the same. That the 
plantation heretofore called Littleborough, in the County of Kennebeck,. 



8 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

as described within the following bounds, vizt. : Beginning at the North- 
west corner of Grene, thence runing Northerly on the Great Amariscoggin 
River, to the line of Livermore, thence Easterly on the Southerly line of 
said Livermore, till it strikes the line of Wayne, thence southerly by the 
line of Monmouth to Green, thence Northwest to the bounds first men- 
tioned, together with the Inhabitants thereon, be and hereby are incorpor- 
ated into a Town by the name of Leeds. And the said Town is hereby 
vested with all the powers, privileges and immunities, which other towns, 
do or may enjoy by the Constitution and Laws of this Commonwealth. 
Sect. 2. — And be it further Enacted, That John Chandler, Esqr., be 
& he is hereby empowered to issue his Warrant, directed to some suitable 
Inhabitaiii of the said town of Leeds, requiring him to notify and warn 
the Inhabitants thereof, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at such 
time and place, as shall be expressed in said Warrant, to choose all such 
Officers as towns are by Law required to choose in the month of March 
or April annually. 

In the House of Representatives, Feb'y 13, 1801. 
This Bill having had three several readings passed to be Enacted. 

Edw'd H. Robbins, Spkr. 

In Senate Feb'y i6th, 1801. 
This bill having had two several readings passed to be enacted. 

Sam'l Phillips, Presdt. 
February i6th, 1801. 

By the Governor approved. Caleb Strong. 



COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, 

Boston, Mass., March 7, 1901. 
A true copy. Witness the seal of the Commonwealth. 

[L. S.] Wm. M. Olin, Secretary of the Commonwealth. 



CHAPTER II. 

THE ABORIGINES. 

The origin of tlie primitive inhabitants of North America 
is involved in complete obscurity. That they were one of the 
ancient nations of mankind, no logical or reasonable doubt can be 
entertained. At what date, or by what means they became 
inhabitants of the western continent must remain shrouded in 
mystery and uncertainty, — an unsolved problem, — until further 
research shall discover the mysteries of "The great unknown." 

The earliest books on America contained tales that only the 
wildest fancy could imagine and picture. Cartier claimed that a 
people might there be found who neither ate nor drank. And 
Latitau believed that a headless race existed there. What a con- 
ception of one of the most noble races of men ! They were 
endowed by Nature with propensities befitting their surround- 
ings. The Redman is nowhere at home except in the chase, or 
gliding along some lake or stream in his bark canoe. Such a race 
could live only in a country of woods and wild animals. De- 
prived of these, he pines, languishes and dies broken-hearted. 
The illimitable hunting-grounds, forest, hill and river, were the 
Indian's earthly paradise, and the type of his home hereafter. 
Not unlike the nations of the East, governments existed with 
them, founded on principles more just and equital'jle and less bar- 
barous and tyrannical than most others of their time. They were 
divided uito nations and subdivided into tribes, and again, into 
clans. Their plan of government may have had weight with the 
founders of our Republic. Their nations like our States had 
their great sachems or chiefs, and their advisory councils from 
the smaller chiefs of the tribes corresponding to our comities, 
while their clans, like our towns, had their chiefs, who were 
admitted to the 'councils of the tribes. Without the knowledge 
of the existence of foreign nations, a union of their nations or 
States, for self-preservation, was instinctively provided for. 
Lying south of the land of the Esquimaux, embracing nearly all 
of Canada and that portion of the United States east of the 
Mississippi River and north of the thirty-seventh parallel of lati- 
tude, spread the great family of the Algonkins. The council-seat 
of this great confederation of nations was on the Ottawa River. 
Within this vast domain, like an oasis, the hunting groimds of 



lO HISTORY OF LEEDS 

those powerful nations, the Huron-Iroquois, were situated. 
Their juris(Hction extended from Georgian Bay and Lake Huron 
to Lakes Erie and Ontario, south of those lakes to th£ valley of 
the Upper Ohio, and eastward to the Sorel River. Two nations 
of the Algonkin confederacy, — the Etchemins or canoemen, and 
the Abenakis, occupied [Maine and the eastern coast of Canada. 
The Etchemins dwelt both on the St. John and St. Croix Rivers 
and the coast as far west as Mount Desert. The Abenakis occu- 
pied all the territory from the land of the Etchemins to the east- 
ern boundary line of New Hampshire. The number of tribes 
into which a nation divided was determined by the number of 
rivers within its jurisdiction that empties its waters into the sea. 
or large lakes. On these, their wigwam villages were planted, 
while the tents of their clans, for convenience in hunting, were 
spread on its tributaries or by the lakeside where corn could con- 
veniently be grown. The names given to the nations, tribes, and 
clans were those suggested by the prominence of some natural 
feature of the place of their location. The Indians had an undy- 
ing love for running water, which has even been a favorite high- 
wa\- to no people more than they — a means of immigration best 
suited to the genius of savage life ; and even civilized man has no 
path so free as the lake, the river, and the sea. Thus the four 
principal rivers of Maine were the hunting grounds for the four 
tribes into which the Abenakis Nation was divided, viz.: 
Wawenocks on the Penobscot ; Canibas on the Kennebec ; Anasa- 
gunticooks on the Androscoggin ; and Sokokis on the Saco. The 
Wawenocks were later called Penobscots, and the Anasagunti- 
cooks Androscoggins. 

To the everlasting credit of the Indian may the fact be stated, 
that, to the early English voyagers, their advances were friendly, 
and their many acts of kindness and faithfulness can never be 
blotted from the books of the nations. Had the colonies recipro- 
cated their kindness and the nation ever treated them with a 
degree of fairness, thousands of innocent lives of people, both 
wdiit'e and red, would have escaped the sacrifice. In 1676, three 
hundred and fifty innocent, confiding Indians, on the Maine coast, 
were enticed on board of vessels, made captives, shipped to Bos- 
ton, and sold into foreign slavery. For thirteen years like cruel- 
ties were perpetrated and endured by them, with no retaliation 
save repeated, sorrowing protests. They were the recipients of 
every indignity the magistrates could conceive of and execute. 
No redress was left to the noble and pure-hearted Indian but 
brute force, to which he was cruelly forced to resort. Friendship 
turned to hatred seeks the most cruel means of revenge. The 
memory of treachery is indelibly stamped on the whole human 
race. In June, 1689, a council-fire was lighted around which 
gathered the Abenakis chiefs, which resulted in the declaration of 



HISTORY OF LEEDS I I 

war on the settlers along the coast of Maine. At Cocheco, where, 
thirteen years before, their kindred had been kidnapped and sold 
into slavery, the blood of the white man was first spilled in the 
east. In a descent on that place the settlers' huts were fired, 
tw^enty-three people were killed, and twenty-nine taken to their 
lodges in the forests. In August of that year a band of one 
hundred warriors from the Canibas tribe on the Kennebec attacked 
the stockade at Pemaquid, which at the end of two days capitu- 
lated, the defenders and their families were made prisoners and 
long held for exchange for those sold into slavery. The settle- 
ments east of Falmouth (Portland) were thus broken up and 
deserted. Blood once spilled was beyond recall. When the 
white man invaded the country of the Abenakis he did so at the 
.risk of his scalp; yet those there were who did it. In July, 1722, 
the government of ^Massachusetts, by resolution, declared the 
eastern Indians traitors and robbers, and private parties offered 
one hundred pounds each for Indian scalps. In March, 1723, 
Westbrook headed an expedition to the Penobscot to scalp the 
Wawenocks. On the 9th of that month they came upon the Indian 
settlement at (Jldtown. Under the cover of darkness they set 
fire to the stockade, and ere the rising of the sun every camp was 
in ashes. Fancy, if we must, the perpetrators of this crime in 
their second act — slaughtering and scalping men, women, and 
children by the light of their own burning wigwams. This act 
alone, under public auspices, was one of the most atrocious crimes 
ever conceived by man. Not content with the murder of these 
helpless squaws and pappooses for the tempting money value of 
their scalps, these representatives of a people who came to this 
country that they might enjoy religious freedom and worship 
according to the dictates of their conscience, committed other like 
atrocities. \"iew these as we may, it was a crushing blow to the 
Wawenocks, and the few remaining joined their kindred in other 
tribes. 

The previous year Westbrook had twice attempted the exter- 
mination of the Canibas tribe of the Kennebec, whose princi- 
pal village was on the east side of that river in Norridgewock, — 
nearly opposite the mouth of the Sandy River, — and although 
unattended with success, was^ effected in 1724 by a body of men 
under Harmon and Moulton" sent from Fort Richmond. For 
want of space, an extended accoimt of this butchery is omitted. 
Included in the list of slain was Father Sebastian Rasle, a French 
Jesuit priest who had for many years been the spiritual adviser and 
teacher of this tribe. The story of his death is poetically told in 
Whittier's "Mogg Magone," but of the awful butchery and 
destruction of the men. women, and children of this village it is 
silent. In 1833. with the lapse of a century and more, Bishop 
Benedict Fenwick, of Boston, purchased an acre of land embracing 



12 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

the site of that fated chapel where fell the Jesuit priest and most 
of his people, and on the 23d day of August, the 109th anniversary 
of the massacre, erected thereon an obelisk of granite, surmounted 
with a cross, first of iron, since of granite, to the height of eighteen 
feet — a perpetual memorial of the tragic end of Father Rasles 
and his band of red men of the Kennebec. With the death of 
Father Rasles, the last Catholic missionary in New England was 
removed. The influence of the French had thus been overthrown 
with their missions, and the Indians with whom they had been 
allied, encouraged though unaided, were left to fight their own 
battles. 

The warriors of the Sokokis tribe on the Saco, having 
been badly reduced by continued warfare, and driven from the 
coast farther inland, were vigorovisly attacked by John Lovewell 
and a party by him organized. Twice they returned laden with 
Indian scalps. In his third expedition, which was to destroy 
their encampment in the town of Fryeburg, he was overpowered 
by a superior force and his blood emptied on the soil of that town 
near a sheet of water which has taken his name, and the little 
stream that empties into it is still known as Battle Brook. The 
small remnant of that tribe abandoned the graves of their fathers 
and placed themselves imder the protection of the French, in 
Canada. 

With misgivings of the conduct of many of the early settlers 
of New England, we trace the history of the fourth and last of 
the tribes of the Abenaki s nation, — the Anasagunticooks of the 
Androscoggin. From Merrymeeting Bay, where the majestic 
waters of the Kennebec and Androscoggin, so long separated on 
their missions of irrigation kiss anew their greetings, to the 
Rangeleys, and even to the source of the winding river, Andro- 
scoggin, and the many tributary lakes and streams along its 
course, — the most beautiful and picturesque water system in 
nature, their wigwam villages were spread. From these waters, 
stretching back to the hills and more majestic mountains, their 
loved hunting grounds were laid. In these chaste waters wild 
geese squawked their immelodious songs, ducks quacked their 
more discordant notes of accompaniment, finny tribes gorged and 
gamboled in the shades of morn and twilight, forest animals laved 
and slacked their thirst. 

In the earliest history of the Indians, this was the most numer- 
ous of the tribes of New England, the most favorably located. 
The great length of the Androscoggin, — formerly Aumoughcaw- 
gen. — in its flexuous meanders of more than one hundred and sixty 
miles, skirted along its course by nimierous and beautiful lakes 
around which towered the evergreen hills, — nothing was wanting 
to make it the Indians' earthly paradise. In 161 5, a deadly plague 
visited this tribe and cut them down like grain before the reaper. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 1 3 

When freed from this scourge but fifteen hundred warriors 
remained. From 1689 to August 6, 1726, at which time a treaty 
with the eastern tribes was effected by the colonies of Massa- 
chusetts, the warriors of this tribe, by continual warfare and other 
causes were nearly annihilated, — but five remaining above sixteen 
years of age. In 1750 their number had increased to one hundred 
and sixty; while in 1780, wdien Leeds was first settled, they could 
boast of five hundred. Centuries unknown had come and gone 
since the council-seats of the foitr tribes of the Abenakis nation 
had been planted on the rivers, a short distance up their banks 
from the sea, the evident purpose of which was to facilitate easy 
communication by boat along the coast of Maine. With the 
advent of the white men that of the Anasagunticooks was at 
Brunswick Falls. After hostilities were instituted, it was removed 
to the junction of the Little Androscoggin with the main river, 
adjacent to the upper Pejepscot Falls. A little distance up this 
tributary their fleet of canoes were tethered, their tents of skins, 
with holes in the top for smoke to escape, their inclosure of stakes 
firmly driven obliquely and sharpened with their stone tomahawks, 
or made pointed by fire, presented them in their true aspect of 
home. This historic fort and home was captured in 1689, '^y 
Major Benjamin Church, and later selected by Edward Little, 
Esq., for his last resting place, and there he was first buried. 
Again was the main encampment, or principal village of the tribe, 
driven farther from the coast into the wilds of the forest, a 
demonstration of their treatment from our earliest history to the 
present ! The natural advantages for defense presented by the 
broken flow of water, the hills along the river banks, the abrupt 
windings of the river from Livermore Falls to Canton, to which 
they gave the name of Roccomeco, together with "the utility of the 
soil in the upper portion, for corn culture, were the inducements 
that caused them to plant their depleted village of wigwams there. 
As in the past, the clans of the tribe were beside the lakes and 
streams throughout the entire Androscoggin vallev. From the 
time of the capture of tlieir fort at the upper Pejepscot Falls 
( Auburn ) they improved every opportunity to engage their ene- 
mies in mortal combat. They contested the encroachments of the 
white settlers with all the vigor and strategy peculiar to their race. 
Those familiar with Indian history will recall the incident of the 
company of Caghnawga Indians, — a name given to a portion of 
the Anasagunticooks, — from "Phipps Canada" (then the name of 
Jay and Canton), who, joining with a party of French under 
D'Aillebout, DeMantel, and LeMoyne, destroyed the village of 
Schenectady on the Mohawk, above Albany, N.Y., on the night of 
the eighth of February, 1690. Continuing in their work of death 
and destruction their war-whoops grew more fierce and blood- 
curdling than the howding of wild beasts in the forests about them. 



14 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

But many a whoop, echoed by the sound of a rifle, was silenced 
forever by the white man's bullets. When the treaty was effected 
there remained scarce enough warriors in this tribe to swear by. 
Recuperated from the boy-ranks, they gradually spread their tents 
anew on the hunting grounds of their fathers. .Not forgetful of 
the past, though their numbers were comparatively few, they 
feebly aided the French in their w^ar, from 1754 to 1760, by their 
incursions on the settlers near the coast who had come in during 
the time of peace. With the close of this war open hostilities 
ceased and an era of peace and safety dawned. Again they 
returned to their wigwam fastnesses in the forest, receding with 
the advance of the white settlers, until — where are they? The 
red man's sun has nearly set, far away o'er the w^estern hills, and 
his glory is "a thing of the past." 

No place in the Algonkin country afforded better facilities 
for Indian life than the banks of the Androscoggin in Leeds and 
the shores of its tributary waters of the "Thirty-Mile River" (the 
name early given to the chain of lakes and ponds extending from 
the mouth of Dead River to the water-shed of the Sandy River). 

Nor was there another locality so thickly studded with wig- 
wams. Not only were the best hunting grounds and fisheries 
found here, but the light, productive soil was better adapted to 
their methods of cultivation and the crude implements (shells and 
dried shoulder-blades of moose and bear) used for the growing 
of corn and interment of their dead. The natural water-ways 
constituted an easy and convenient means of transportation to 
and from the chase. 

Do we forget that those there are now living who well remem- 
ber the first settlers of Leeds? Many there are who can recall the 
interesting conversations with the first white child born in the 
town and the eventful tales of adventure related by her. Do we 
realize that we are daily walking in the paths, stepping in the 
foot-prints scarcely grown cold, made in common by the white 
and red children of the forest? Should we make mention of the 
one and purposely forget the other? Who will question the fact 
that a work of this kind would thus be rendered incomplete? 
How oft, when a child, did I draw near, or, perched on my grand- 
father's knee, attentively listen to the tales of his childhood, many 
of which I vividly recall as of yesterday. With brains less fertile 
and more accurate, many tales laid at the Indian's door would 
never have found a place in print. In 1780 Indians were quite 
plentiful in Leeds. One encampment was by the river near the 
place now owned by the Deane Brothers. Another was on the 
farm ow-ned by Reuben Campbell, near the mouth of Dead River. 
Still another was on the east side of the road northerly of the old 
Francis Georsre house, now owned bv D. P. True. At the south 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 1 5 

end of the ^Androscoggin Lake, on the place now occupied by 
Herbert Parker, was an encampment ; while Stinchfield's Point 
was another place occupied by them. These were small vil- 
lages — those of families, or clans. Others of a few tents were 
scattered along the shores of the Thirty-AIile River and in such 
other places as afforded good facilities for hunting and fishing. 
To say that on the Norris, or White-Oak Island, was an Indian 
cemetery is only to repeat the story familiar to every householder, 
not only in Leeds, but nearly all in the surrounding towns. This 
was only one of many in the vicinity. 

Not unlike the white people of this country from colonial 
times to the present, they buried their dead in family cemeteries. 
They consecrated a place apart from others for the final resting 
place of their families, but none were placed therein until they 
had been before buried in a single lot, where they remained apart 
and alone. When an Indian died he was placed beside his wig- 
wam in a sitting posture and so was he buried. This was the 
universal custom of all Indian nations. The narrow house in 
which he sat was often hedged round with a palisade, and for 
many moons the women would repair to it thrice daily, to weep. 

In no way could they be induced to believe that the body would 
be raised up ; yet they believed in immortality, in the continuance 
of life. No civilized nation paid so great regard to the remains 
of their ancestors. They were carefully wrapped in the choicest 
furs and preserved with affectionate veneration. Once every few 
years the bones of their scattered dead were collected and with 
great solemnities cleaned from every remainder of flesh and depos- 
ited in the common grave of their fathers, — the wigwam of their 
dead. These were guarded and cherished as their holy family 
relics. The deepest sorrow of the Indian was that of being driven 
from the sacred grounds where his heroic ancestors sleep. With 
the advance of settlers, the Indi-ans gradually disappeared from 
place to place along the Androscoggin valley, and subsequently 
occupied the upper waters of both the Androscoggin and Kenne- 
bec. Twice each year, in the seasons of sea-fowl, they descendec/l 
the river to the coast, stopping along the way to visit the graves 
of their dead and consecrate them anew. Their course lay along 
the main river to the mouth of Dead River, up which they 
paddled to the opening of "Father Thomas," where they always 
halted and sold their fur. A stay of a few days was here made — 
a time for those to come in who had scatterecl along the route on 
holy missions. Here they divided into two parties, one returning 
to the Androscoggin River, down which their halting course was 
made to the sea ; while the other crossed the cape and lake, over 
their old portage to \Mlson ; thence along its waters to Anabessa- 

*Sometimes designated as Stinchfieli Pond, Androscoggin Great Pond. 



1 6 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

cook ; thence to Cobbosseecontee, following its outlet to the Ken- 
nebec ; thence to the coast. There large quantities of sea-fish and 
fowl — important adjuncts to the Indian's larder — were taken and 
carried back to their forest fastnesses. In the absence of salt, 
fish and meat were preserved by the use of smoke, and later dried 
by the sun. On these occasions all but those too aged and infirm 
to endure the journey were taken along, the squaws to spread the 
tents, gather the wood, bring the water, dress and cure the flesh 
and fish, and perform such other duties as the warrior's dignity 
forbade him. These journeys were made in birch-bark canoes 
and attended with an array of paint and feathers — a sight worth 
seeing ! Their last tribal trip to the sea was in the spring of 
1796, on which occasion they bade a last sad farewell to their few 
white friends on the lower Androscoggin waters, abandoned the 
graves of their fathers to the watchful care of here and there a 
lone Indian in solitude, and followed the broken fragments of 
their kinfolks of the Abinakis nation to Canada. Where are 
they? To an island in the Penobscot River came such of them, 
in later years, as lacked the ambition and endurance to journey to 
the far west, and diluted by the blood of French Canadians wdiile 
in their country, since, freshly infused, but a lingering spark of 
the red man's blood remains where once their mighty nations 
dwelt. Not one pure blood is left — the last having passed to the 
happy hunting grounds thirty and more years ago. 

Far away 'neath the sunset hill. 
Lingering there in the dismal shade 
The red man's grave, in which to fill, 
His tottering form will soon be laid. 




JOHN CLARK STINCHFIELD. 



CHAPTER III. 

EAKLV SETTLERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. 



STINCH FIELD FAMILY. 

The pioneer settlers of Leeds were Thomas'- and Rogers" 
Stinchfield. They were hardy sons of John StinchfieUP, who was 
l)orn in Leeds. England, October 12, 1715, and Elizabeth Burns^ 
liorn in the north of Ireland, of vScotch parentage, December 21, 
1713. john^ and Elizabeth^ formed an acquaintance on ship- 
l)oard during their passage to this cotmtry in 1735, and two years 
later were united in marriage in Gloucester, Mass., at wdiich port 
they landed and continued their residence until 1755, when they 
moved, with their family of six children, to New Gloucester, 
District of Maine, a tract of land granted by general court in 1735, 
to inhaljitants of Gloucester, Mass., from which it derived its 
name. The block house to which John' moved his family had 
been l)uilt and prepared by him, as were a few others by his fel- 
low-pioneers the year previous, and was located at the base of the 
northerly portion of Stinclifield Hill, south-easterly and adjacent 
to the old cemetery, southerly from Gloucester Lower Corner, A 
stockade was also built just north of the cemetery in which resort 
could be taken in defending the families against attack by Indians. 
Still another similar building was erected in which to corral the 
cows and goats that' fed by day on the vast meadows of natural 
grasses that furnished them winter food as well. For a com- 
plete account, which includes the heroic defence of this little col- 
ony from Indian attacks, from 1754 to 1760. the reader is 
referred to the "Maine Historical Society." which is contemplat- 
ing the erection of a granite memorial on the same site, — a fac 
simile of the original building, to the memorv of John StinchfiekP, 
two of his sons, and the nine others whose names appear in the 
list of heroes of those years. The parents of Thomas" and 
Rogers- Stinchfield passed the remainder of their lives in New 
Gloucester. The father died January 3, 1783, and the mother 
Avigust 19, 1785. They were buried in the old cemetery near 
where they had lived. 

Their children were all born in Gloucester. Mass., to wit: 
John'-, born October 23, 1738; William-, b. January 9. 1741 ; Eliz- 



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abetlr, b. -Mav 18. 1743: James-, b. July 13, 1745; ThomasS b. 
December 29/1747; and Rogers- M. W., b. October 13. 1752. 

John- married Mehitable Windship. This was the first mar- 
riage solemnized in New Gloucester. They resided and died in 
Danville. William- married Mary Bodge, of Windham, and lived 
and died in New Gloucester. Elizabeth- married Deacon John 
Walker, of Gray, and settled there. James- married Sarah Par- 
sons, and resided on the old homestead. Thomas- married Sarah 
Paul, nee True, a daughter of Deacon Benjamin True, one of the 
very early settlers of the town of Turner, who went there from 
New Gloucester. She was a widow and the mother of one son 
(Marshfield Paul), at the age of twenty-one years. Thomas^ 
and Sarah were married in New Gloucester December 17, 1765. 
Rogers- M. W. married Sarah Babson, in New Gloucester, in 
1773. 

If not from choice, necessity required the people of those times 
to devote much of their time to the use of the gun in the exter- 
mination of the ferocious wild beasts of the forest ; and to provide 
their families with meat, moose, deer, caribou, and other favorite 
animals were pursued and taken. Thus led on, fur-bearing ani- 
mals were sought for their money value, and all, combined with 
a natural fondness of adventure, brought out many a full-fledged 
hunter and trapper who, under other circumstances, with dif- 
ferent surroundings, would have acquired a like prominenece in 
the higher pursuits of life. To them we owe much for what we 
are and what we enjoy. None but the bravest, intelligent, inde- 
pendent, ambitious, hardy, and strong, could have come out to a 
new, wild country of such magnitude, with a fixed purpose of sub- 
duing and civilizing it, and effected the establishment of a gov- 
ernment, the equal of which the sun has never warmed and 
lighted. 

May it be remembered that the children of the early settlers of 
this country were reared under Scriptural teachings. Christian 
influences, and moral training. Education was by no means neg- 
lected, schools for the youth being a close second to churches, 
where the parents assembled for mutual instruction. Neither was 
physical culture omitted. The gun, the axe, the spade, and hoe, 
the scythe, rake, and fork, and the ever-remaining walls of stone 
are all evidence of their efificiency in that important branch of 
education. 

As a boy, Thomas-, with others whose parents composed the 
little colony of New Gloucester and did their field work in com- 
mon, was often posted beside a rock or stump, to watch and give 
warning of the approach of Indians ; while the parents and elder 
boys, with their guns stacked a few rods in advance of them, did 
the planting, hoeing, and harvesting. This became distasteful 
to him, and as he grew' in vears, he often remonstrated with his 



HISTORY OF LEEDS I 9 

people, presenting his earnest, honest conviction that man, 
whether civiHzed or savage, could best be conquered and won by 
kindness, but never by the prevailing and practiced belief that 
"there are no good Indians but dead ones." So firmly was he 
established in his faith of Indian manhood, that honesty and 
kindness would be met with reciprocity, not wanting in courage 
or bravery, with gun in hand and hunting-knife in his belt as a 
defense against the forest animals, tinder-box and flints in his 
pockets, he frequently was absent from home for days in the 
trackless woods. His first meeting with Indians was on the west 
bank of the Androscoggin River, at the mouth of the "Twenty- 
Mile Stream." He approached the little encampment unobserved 
until he stepped into the small open with the muzzle of his gun 
pointing downward, an indication of peace. His youth, too, may 
have been an element in his unmolested admission to their wig- 
wams. The piercing eye of Sabattis, the chief, detected no pur- 
pose in the youthful Thomas but an open and honest one, and a 
friendship was there created that in future years extended to all 
the Indian tribes in the northern part of Maine. Probably no 
other white man every enjoyed the full confidence, which he never 
betrayed, of so many Indians as he. To him they gave the name 
of "Father Thomas," and his name was known to them through- 
out the whole land. His services were sought in all disputes or 
quarrels of theirs, and his decisions were invariably received as 
the highest order of unwritten law. Exceptions were never taken 
nor appeals made, but silent submission as of right. To this 
friendship is the town of Leeds indebted for its first settlers. 
Easterly from the railroad crossing, near wdiere the railroad 
bridge spans Dead River, distant about twenty-five rods, formerly 
the wigwams of Pocasset and his clan were spread. To this clear- 
ing were they moved from the north-easterly shore of Pocasset 
Lake, northerly of wdiere Jennings stream empties its waters. 
How long that land had been under Indian cultivation is 
unknown, but the fact that it was a permanent, fixed village, 
might indicate that many crops had been there harvested. It was 
a favorite place of the red men but as an inducement to Thomas^ 
to settle in their midst. Sabattis presented it to him and removed 
his village to a spot about twenty rods north of that now occu- 
pied by the Francis George house, owned by D. P. True. 

In the spring of 1779 Thomas- and his younger brother, 
Rogers-, came up the Androscoggin and Dead Rivers in a dug- 
out loaded wdth farm implements, camp utensils and stores to 
found homes with none but Indian friends and neighbors. After 
spading the ground and planting the seeds their attention and 
labor was given to the building of a log or block house, which 
they located where the wigwam of Sabattis had stood and many 
-times been shared by Thomas while on hunting expeditions. 



20 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

This was the first permanent structure planted on the forest lands- 
now included within the boundary lines of the town of Leeds. 
On the opposite bank of Dead River, w-esterly from the 
county road, they then built a second block-house, for Rogers-. 
This completed they returned, as they had come, to their families 
in New Gloucester. In the time of harvest they came again, 
erected hovels, secured their crops, buried their potatoes in the 
ground and were gone. Another visit was made on the March 
crust, and this time a goat was led in, followed by three others, 
and constituted the primitive domestic animals of the town. The 
stock of camp utensils was also replenished by means of loaded 
sleds drawn by these men, whose strength and endurance were 
unbounded. A goodly amoimt of venison was secured and dried, 
and quantities of maple sugar and molasses made and stored for 
future consumption. These homes prepared — humble and unpre- 
tentious though they were — early in June, these brothers returned 
to New Gloucester for their wives and children. On the tenth 
day of that month, one of warmth and sunshine, a party com- 
posed of two ladies, five men, two young men, and nine children, 
with five horses on which were packed the ladies, five children, 
and their belongings, started out from New Gloucester. They 
followed a narrow, bu shed-out path to the Androscoggin River. 
Here their course turned to the north along its w'est bank to the 
Little Androscoggin, which they forded. On a small plat of 
grass, the only cleared spot that marked their pathway, just below 
Lewiston Falls, long since utilized for building lots in the city of 
Auburn, they halted to lunch. On the opposite side of the river 
three or four houses were seen, probably those of Paul Hildreth, 
David Pettengill, Lawrence J. Harris, Asa Varnum, or others of 
the early settlers of Lewiston. Remounted, they proceeded up 
the river, on a trail made by families who had recently settled in 
Turner, to the mouth of the Twenty-Mile Stream, where they 
arrived at mid-afternoon. Here Thomas- and Rogers- had each 
left a dug-out canoe while cii route to New Gloucester. 

From the backs of the horses the ladies and children were 
transferred to the canoes and landed on the opposite bank of the 
river. Under the care and guidance of Rogers- they made the 
remainder of the distance, about four forest miles, on foot ; arriv- 
ing at the log-house on the south bank of Dead River ere the sun- 
set. The three men and five horses, whose services were of great 
aid in making the journey of the ladies and children less fatiguing, 
returned to New Gloucester that night. The baggage was trans- 
ferred to the canoes, one manned by Thomas^ and Thomas", Jr., 
a lad of twelve years, and the other by his step-son, Marshfield 
Paul, and the other young man, and conveyed up the Androscog- 
gin and down Dead River to their destination, where they arrived 
the following day. Thus nms the narrative of the primitive set- 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 2 1 

tlement of Leeds. These homes were hospitable resting places for 
other pioneer settlers in this section of the District of Maine, and 
vvithout regard to color or race, none went away hungry or cold. 

For the convenience of the Indians, who were then very 
numerous, and subsequently for the early settlers, Thomas- estab- 
hshed a trading post and did a large business in the fur trade. 
From the lake regions, even to the head waters of the Androscog- 
gin, the Indians made semi-annual excursions to the coast and 
always brought their season's catch of fur to "Father Thomas." 
His was the first store in town. Only necessary articles were kept 
on sale, and those were purchased in Portland, packed on horses, 
brought to Turner and boated down Dead River ; or. by winter 
roads, crossing the Androscoggin on ice. In the fall of 1780, 
with the assistance of settlers in Lewiston and New Gloucester, 
a winter road was bushed out through Greene to Lewiston, and 
in December three cows were gotten through to Leeds. From 
the natural grass meadows by the lake, that specie known as blue- 
joint, then growmg there in abundance, had been gathered and 
garnered for winter food for the goats then on the premises and 
the cows that were to be. 

On account of navigation of the river, settlements were made 
earlier in the Kennebec valley than in the Androscoggin. Win- 
throp (Pond Town) was first settled in 1765, by Timothy Foster. 
The fourth family to settle in that town was that of John 
Chandler, who came there from New Ipswich, N. H., in 1767. 
He was a man of means and in 1768 erected a saw- and grist-mill 
on the site where the mills now stand in Winthrop village. This 
was a great convenience to the early settlers, not only of Win- 
throp, but the neighboring towns as well. In 1774, the proprie- 
tors of Livermore Township induced the people of Winthrop to 
open a cart-road from the mills to the westerly line of Winthrop, 
near the dwelling of Job Fuller, the first settler of Wayne, and to 
erect a bridge across the stream connecting the two small bodies 
of water, now known as Berry and Dexter Ponds. The bridge 
was built by Mr. James Craig and still bears the name of Craig 
Bridge. In 1775 Job Fuller, Reuben Besse, Ebenezer Handy, 
and William Raymond, representing the only families then in 
Wayne, assisted by Ichabod Howe and son, of Winthrop, opened 
the road as formerly surveyed from Winthrop line, near Craig 
Bridge, through Wayne village to Livermore line, at the extreme 
northern boundary of the Androscoggin Great Pond, Bear Brook. 
In the fall of 1780 Thomas" and Rogers- bushed out a foot-path 
from the east shore of the Great Pond, intersecting this road 
near the house of Job Fuller. This completed, their way lay 
across the pond on ice, or in boats, a distance of three miles ; 
thence over land to the mills twice that distance, where they 
obtained their first meal ground from corn grown on Leeds soil. 



22 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

This path was utihzed by other early settlers along the banks 
of Dead River, until 1786, when Thomas Wing built a grist-mill 
on the Thirty-Mile River, in Wayne, on a dam built by Jonathan 
Howe, of Winthrop, in 1783, and' on which the same year he had 
erected a saw-mill. With the building of this mill the tow-path 
was forever abandoned for that purpose for wdiich it was made 
and that mill received the patronage of Leeds farmers. 

In the spring of 1 781 two pairs of steers, three years old, and 
a bull, two years old, were driven and led from New Gloucester 
over the route the families came the year previous, and swim- 
ming the Androscoggin at West Leeds, were installed in their 
homes in the forest, where later they became important factors 
in clearing and subduing it. A crooked yoke was made for the 
bull and he did such work as was subsequently done by horses. 
In winter, hitched to a sled in like manner as horses are, loaded 
with boys and bags of corn, he was a frequent visitor at the mill ; 
and of evenings, in like manner harnessed, made merry the boys 
and girls in their neighborly calls on the young people of the other 
early families, who settled in the vicinity. 

The seasons of 1781 were busy ones for these pioneers. A 
communication was opened with settlers in Turner, on True's 
hill, westerly from Turner Center Bridge which spans the Andro- 
scoggin River. This path lay from near the house of Rogers^ 
across Dead Hole, over the southerly end of Otis Hill near the 
churches at Leeds Center, to the river, nearly opposite the mouth 
of Twenty-Mile Stream, closely following that spotted out by 
which the families were piloted in. By a preconcerted agreement, 
the Turner settlers cut a path to the west branch of the river, 
which, together with a dug-out furnished by each little colony, 
completed the connection of the neighboring settlements. 

In the year 1790, Thomas- built the first frame house in Leeds. 
It w^as located on the same site now occupied by the dwelling- 
house of Isaac S. Carver. 

The carpenter work was done by Robert Erskine, who later 
settled on Beech Hill in Wayne. The bricks used in the cellar 
and in the construction of the chimney were made by hand on the 
south bank of Dead River, between the county road and the 
railroad and burned in a kiln near by. These were the first bricks 
made in Leeds. 

Of the family of Roger- Stinchfield, three children were born 
in New Gloucester, viz.: Betsey^, b. April 14, 1774; AbigaiP, b. 
March 18, 1776; Susanna^, b. Sept. 2, 1778; and eight born in 
Leeds, viz.: Rogers^, b. Feb. 9, 1781, the first white male child 
born in the town; Zebulon^, b. July 2, 1783; Sarah^, b. May 27, 
1785; William\ b. Nov. 14, 1787; Ezra^, b. Feb. 22, 1790; Solo- 
mon\ b. March 13, 1792; EzekieP, b. April 17, 1795; and Benja- 
min^, b. June 29, 1798. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 23 

Betsey^ married Oliver Otis and settled on that part of her 
father's original farm in Leeds known afterward as the Otis 
Hill. She died where she had lived, and was buried in Leeds. 

Abigail^ married Shubel Davis, located on Stinchfield ridge, 
in the town of Milo, and died there March 27, 1852. 

Susanna^ married Stephen Freeman and settled in Greene. 

Capt. Rogers'^ married Mary Lindsey and settled in Wayne. 
He later moved to Milo ; thence to Robbinston ; thence to Marion, 
Iowa, where his wife died. He subsequently married Fannie 
Allen. He returned to Robl)inston, Me., and there died May 31, 
1862. 

Zebulon-' married Sarah Stewart and settled in Milo. His 
second wife was Keziah Freeman. Zebulon died in Milo, March 
25, 1836. 

Sarah-' married John Rowe and settled in Danville. 

William^ married Sarah Canwell, of Fayette. They settled in 
Milo, but subsequently moved to Minnesota, where he died Octo- 
ber 25, 1850, and his widow July i, 1868. 

Ezekiel'* married Tamson Eldridge, of Bucksport ; settled in 
Wesley, ]\Ie., and died there June 17, 1851. 

Solomon^ married Jerusha Keene, of Turner ; settled in Milo, 
where his wife died September 20, 1867; and he August 14. 1869. 

Ezekiel'' married Tamson Eldridge, of Bucksport ; settled in 
Milo ; subsequently moved to Lawrence, Mass., where he died in 
1852. 

Benjamin-^ married Mary A. Herrick, settled in Milo, and sub- 
sequently moved to the Province of New Brunswick and further 
of him not known. 

Rogers-, Sen., continued his residence in Leeds until his wife's 
death, February 10, 1822, and burial in the cemetery near 
Lothrop's Corner, and soon followed his children to Milo, where 
most of them settled, dying in that town May 2, 1827. Of his 
eleven children and ninety-one grandchildren, none of his 
descendants are remaining in Leeds. 

Nothing is more commendable in a historian than accuracy. 
In the Atlas of Androscoggin County, published in the year 1873, 
among the items of history of the town of Leeds, mention is made 
of two young men who accompanied the families of Thomas and 
Rogers Stinchfield from New Gloucester to their primitive homes 
in Littleborough (Leeds). Who were they? While Thomas and 
his son, Thomas. Jr., came in one canoe, the two young men came 
in the other. One of them was Marshfield Paul, a son of the 
wife of Thomas, by a former husband. Of the other, we come in 
conflict with the above named publication. It is due the public 
and of sufficient moment to one of the prominent families of the 
town to justify the writer in using sufficient space in this work 
to present the facts and correct a long standing error. We refer 



24 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

to the account given in that work of the life of Rev. Thomas 
Davis Francis — a man who cHd more in shaping the early course 
of the town and is nearer the hearts of the people, perhaps, than 
any one who has ever lived within its borders. The substance of 
that narrative, as there given, is : *"He came to America and 
landed here in May, 1778; in the succeeding fall was at Bangor, 
went to New Gloucester, fell in with a man by the name of Stinch- 
field, who, having sons in Leeds, hither he came to teach school. 
But four families were then residing in the town, to wit : Thomas 
and Rogers .Stinchfield, Jirah Fish, and Daniel Lane." These 
events are all therein said to have transpired in the year 1778. 
These facts follow in contrast with the above. There is no question 
with that part of the narrative relating to the place and date of 
his birth, his early boyhood, the manner and date of his arrival in 
America, his subsequent service at Castine, his journey through 
the wilderness and the hardships he encountered ; or the time and 
manner of his arrival in New Gloucester ; but from that date 
impossibilities mark its course. Thomas and Rogers Stinchfield 
were the pioneer settlers of Littleborough and the date on which 
their families came to the plantation was June 10, 1780. Did 
Thomas Davis Francis come here in the fall of 1778, to teach the 
children ? The order of settlement by families was : Thomas and 
Rogers Stinchfield in June, 1780; Jirah Fish, in the fall of 1780; 
Tliomas Millett. in the fall of 1781 ; Daniel Lane, in the fall of 
1782; Zadock Bishop, in the spring of 1783, etc. Were the 
Stinchfields, Fishes, and Lanes the only families living here in 
1778? In speaking further of the early settlers the account says: 
'Tn 1783. or the year following, William Gilbert and Daniel 
Lothrop, Jr., came in. About the time they came, or soon after, 
perhaps about 1785, Daniel Lane and Thomas Millett came. Then 
came Increase Leadbetter and many Revolutionary soldiers fol- 
lowed, some of whose names were : James and William Lindsey, 
AVilliam and Obadiah Pettingill, William and Josiah Turner, 
Morgan Brewster, Francis George, Andrew Cushman. and Daniel 
Robbins. Then there were young men who came in from 1783 to 
T790. who soon married and had families, to wit : Thomas Francis, 
Uriah and Phineas Foss, John, Samuel, and Nathaniel Jennings, 
and others whose surnames were : Collier, Bailey, Otis, Dun- 
ham, Sampson, Berry, Caswell, Carver, Knapp, Paul, Drake, 
Woodman, Whiting, Gould, Pratt, Daily, and subsequently Lamb, 
Herrick. Howard, anrl others." If Thomas Millett came about 
1785. and Tliomas D. Francis from 1783 to 1790, how is the fact 
that Thomas D. Francis married in July, 1784, Eunice, the eldest 
daughter of Thomas Millett, and was obliged to go from Little- 

*Corrcct narrative given in the account of the Francis family in this 
vork. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 25 

borough to New Gloucester to have the marriage service per- 
formed, to be explained? If Marshfield Paul came to Little- 
borough from 1783 to 1790, it could not have been he who came 
with his mother in 1780. If Thomas D. Francis went to New 
Gloucester in the fall of 1778, as borne out in the historical 
account of the engagement at Castine in which he participated, 
where was he from that time until he came to Leeds ? The facts 
are that when he and his comrades, one of whom was Francis 
George, went to New Gloucester, in 1778, after that memorable 
journey from Bang;or, he was taken into the family of Thomas 
Stinchfield, with whom he continued to live, and when the family 
of which Marshfield Paul was a member came to Littleborough, 
they came as members of it and were the two young men men- 
tioned in the foregoing narrative. He lived in the family of 
Thomas Stinchfield until his marriage in July, 1784, when he 
lived in the family of his wife's father until the spring of 1785, 
at which time he and his wife and son moved into his log house 
on the farm where he spent the remaining years of his useful life. 

The foregoing in relation to Thomas D. Francis and Thomas 
Millett is here inserted for the purpose of correcting the error 
that crept into the narrative by S. L. Howard, Esq., through the 
faulty memory of his informant. 

The children of Thomas" Stinchfield and his wife, Sarah 
Paul, nee True, were, all but one, born in New Gloucester, viz.: 
Thomas-', Jr., b. Sept. 8, 1768, who remained single and died at 
his father's house in 1798, and buried in the family lot on his 
father's farm; Sarah', called Sally, b. July 10, 1770, married in 
1789 Zephaniah Hicks and settled in Leeds. She had a family 
of twelve children, viz.: AbigaiP, b. Feb. 3. 1790; Sarah*, b. 
Aug. 19, 1793 : Thomas* S., b. July 19, 1795 ; Abraham*, b. July 6, 
1798; Sullivan* and Franklin*, b. March 17, 1799; Samuel*, born 
Aug. 20, 1801 ; Hannah*, b. Feb. 19, 1804; Zephaniah*, b. Aug. 
19, 1806; Elbridge*, b. Dec. 6, 1807 (died young); Annie*, b. 
March 14, 1809, ^"d Elbridge*. b. Nov. 15, 181 1. 

Zephaniah Hicks, Sen., died in Leeds, Oct. 6, 1812. Sarah 
Stinchfiekh\ his widow, died in Greene, in, 1848, was buried in 
Leeds. 

James'^, the third child of Thomas^ Stinchfi_eld, born Aug. 10, 
1773, came to Leeds with his parents; married by Rev. Thomas 
D. Francis June 29, 1802, Hannah, a daughter of William Pettin- 
gill and his wife, Lydia Cobb, who came to Leeds from Bridge- 
water, Alass., in 1790, and settled on the farm now occupied by 
William R. Pettingill, a grandson. James^ settled on that part of 
his father's original claim bordering on the most western portion 
of Androscoggin Lake, then bearing the name of "Androscoggin 
Great Pond" Hn some documents and records "Stinchfield Pond") 
which included within its limits nearly all that portion called 



26 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Hedgehog Hill. On a small, level plat of ground on the easterly- 
side of that hill and near its southern extremity, at an altitude of 
fifty feet al)ove the lake, in the year 1801, co-existent with the 
incorporation of the town, he erected a large frame house and 
barn. There his children were born and reared, viz. : John*, b. 
Dec. 6, 1802; Isaac*, b. May 5, 1804; [Mary* (called Polly), b. 
Dec. 9, 1805; James*, b. Sept. 9, 1807; Elvira*, b. June 29, 1809; 
Joel*, b. March 4, 181 1; Thomas*, b. Dec. 6, 1812; Hannah*, b. 
Dec. 25, 1814; Abigail*, b. Oct. 16, 1817; Aramantha P.* (called 
Armenta), b. Aug. 24, 1819; Sewall*, b. March 29, 1822; Allen*, 
b. April 8, 1825 ; Eliza*, b. Nov. 24, 1830. 

James^ Stinchfield, Sen., died July 28, 1857, and his widow, 
Hannah Pettingill, who was born in Bridgewater, Mass., Feb. 
14, 1786, died June 19, 1874. They were buried in a cemetery 
about two miles northerly of their former home, on the road to 
Beech Hill, in the town of Wayne. 

Martha^ (called Patty), the fourth child of Thomas, b. Nov. 
28. 1774, married Isaac Freeman Aug. 7, 1794, and settled in Leeds, 
on the farm which he cleared, that now owned and occupied by 
Truman Deane. Their children were: Allen*, b. March i, 1795; 
Isaac*, b. Oct. 9, 1796; Martha*, b. Aug. 13, 1799; Elizabeth*, b. 
Aug. 20, 1801 ; Keziah*, b. May 24, 1803 ; Fannie*, b. Jan. 9, 1805 ; 
Isaac*, b. May 2, 1807; Ezra*, b. Sept. 13, 1809; Lydia*, b. Oct. 
7, 181 1 ; Lois L.*, b. Nov. i, 1813; Sarah True*, b. July 12, 1816; 
Sanuiel*, b. Sept. 24, 1818; Barzilla*, b. Sept. 24, 1820; and 
Rosilla*, b. Aug. 22, 1822. Martha^ Freeman, nee Stinchfield, 
died in Greene in 1850, and was buried in Leeds. Her husband, 
Isaac Freeman, was born June 7, 1771. (The date of death 
unknown to writer.) 

Capt. SamueP Stinchfield, the fifth child of Thomas^, was 
born Nov. 6, 1777. He built the house in which Davis P. True 
now lives, in the year 1805, and in the same year married, in New 
York City, Mary King, who was born there Dec. 9, 1780. His 
early life was devoted to the study of navigation and at the early 
age of twenty-four, he was master of a vessel. At the age of 
twenty-eight he married, and the year following brought his wife 
and son from New York and occupied his new house in Leeds. 
There his other children were born : George K.*, b. in New York, 
April 2, t8o6; James K.*, born in Leeds, July 9, 1808; Mary 
Ann*, b. May 15, 1810; Samuel*, b. Feb. i, 1812; Thomas B.*, b. 
Jan. 19, 1814; Adelia*, b. Jan. 6, 1816; John K.*, b. July 6, 1818; 
Stephen D.*, b. May 15, 1820, and Anson G.*, b. Sept. 7, 1822. 

May 20, 1826, Capt. Samueh^ was thrown from his team, his 
neck broken, causing instant death. He was buried in the 
Lothrop cemetery at Leeds Center. His widow died at the home 
of her eldest son. in Fond-du-lac. Wis., Jan. 21. 1858, and buried 
in that state. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 2'J 

John'', the sixth child of Thomas-, was born Sept. 13, 1779. 
He, too, was a sea-faring man and was buried in a sailor's grave ; 
but there is no available date of when. He was young and 
unmarried. 

Rebecca^, the seventh child of Thomas-, was born in Leeds, 
Dec. II, 1780. She was "The babe in the woods" — the first 
white child born in Leeds. Her name must have been selected 
with the full knowledge of its significance — she was truly an 
enchanting beauty! In 1799 she married Capt. Phineus Foss, 
who was born in Saco, Feb. 10, 1772, and settled near the Foss 
corner, at North Leeds. They had issue, John*, b. Oct. 10, 1800; 
Harriet^ b. Aug. 14, 1802; Allura^ b. Feb. 5, 1805; Alvin*, b. 
Apr. 6, 1807; Eliza*, b. June 13, 1809; Loring*, b. June 18, 1812, 
and Phineus*, b. Jan. 8, 1814. 

Capt. Phineus Foss died April 14, 1814, and Rebecca^, his 
widow. Mar. 3, 1869. Their place of burial is in the cemetery 
beside Dead River, near where the middle bridge formerly crossed 
it, but long since removed and gone. 

Nov. 18, 1791, Sarah Paul, nee True, wife of Thomas- Stinch- 
field, died, and was buried on the top of a small hill, about thirty 
rods westerly from the buildings now occupied by Isaac S. Carver. 
That site was selected for its seclusion and beauty. From its 
summit, in the foreground, is spread the placid, charming waters 
of the lake — the gracefully encircling meadow land of Stinchfield 
cove ; in the distance, rising high above the eastern shore, towers 
Morrison's Heights, wrapped, near and far, in endless, unbroken 
chains, from which Nature's most beautiful pictures are suspend- 
ed ; while the background, gently sloping to the smooth, winding 
waters of Dead River, around which so many fond remembrances 
cluster, is lost in the wooded, abruptly rising ridge of land from 
a narrow intervale extending along the opposite shore. A beau- 
tiful spot, selected with an artistic eye as a fitting resting-place of 
the dead! The second wife of Thomas- Stinchfield was Hannah, 
a daughter of Thomas Lindsey, who came to Leeds in 1797, set- 
tled on Bishop Hill, and was drowned in Androscoggin Great 
Pond, Dec. 25, 1802. She was born in 1752. The fruit of this 
marriage was one child, Hannah, b. Dec. 4, 1793. She married 
Elezer Carver, April 7, 1816, and settled near Dead River, about 
one mile northerly from the home of her youth. They had issue 
Betsey*, b. Nov. 8, 1816; Jason*, b. April 13, 1818; Mary Ann*, 
b. Aug. 27, 1819; Thomas S.*, b. Mar. 29, 1821 ; Arvilla A.*, b. 
July 17, 1822; Hannah*, b. Dec. 12, 1824, Mary*, b. Dec. 12, 1824, 
(twins) ; Nancy* b. Dec. 12, 1825 ; Alice*, b. Alar. 19, 1827; Isaac 
S.*, b. Mav 20, 1829 ; John*, b. Jwne 22, 1830, and lames*, b. Mar. 

15. 1834- \ 

Elezer Carver died Dec. 4, 1856. and Hannah^, his widow, Jan. 
18, 1872. They were buried in the cemetery at North Leeds,, 
sometimes denominated "The Robert Gould cemeterv." 



28 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

The Stinchfields were a people of fine physique, of medium 
stature, full, round chests, l)road shoulders, excessive muscular 
powers, and nerves of the spring-tempered-steel kind. They were 
a hardy, healthy people, endowed with longevity. Yet the hard- 
ships and feats of endurance they experienced, incident to the set- 
tlement of a new country, bore its fruits in succeeding genera- 
tions and in some of the branches, early decay and death has been 
the sad result. Asking the indulgence of the reader we here 
digress for the purpose of relating an incident that occurred in 
the life of Thomas- Stinchfield — which to the incredulous may 
mean little — showing the wonderful nerve-power and decision he 
possessed, — a feature common in the family, and probably in other 
early families, as well. In the late fall of 1825, when the employ- 
ment of horse-power in threshing grain was in its infancy, a 
machine was being operated in his barn. Although Thomas- was 
then seventy-eight years old, he was the motive-power of all par- 
ties of workmen of which he was a member. He stood before the 
beater of the machine and fed it with unthreshed grain. By some 
means, a hartd was caught by the teeth of the rapidly revolving 
beater and drawn into the meshes, literally tearing it in shreds, 
and tenaciously seeking more to devour. But for an active brain, 
quick thought and Herculean strength, the whole arm would have 
been drawn in and masticated. Messengers were dispatched to 
Leeds Centre and \\'ayne village for Doctors Thomas Bridg- 
ham and Thomas Brigham. As was his custom, Dr. Brig- 
ham had imbibed freely of the ardent, and when, if ever, 
uninfluenced b}^ it, made little pretension in surgery. Neither of 
them possessed surgical instrument more than a knife and dull, 
rusty saw. Thus equipped, they stripped for business. A table 
and ropes were ordered, on, and with which to bind the unfortu- 
nate patient. Opiates, in such cases, were then unheard of. but 
stimulants were freely given. INIany of the sympathetic relatives, 
friends and neighbors had gathered to render any possible aid, 
among them a young man of twenty-one years — a favorite grand- 
son, Tsaac* Stinchfield. When the order of the doctors was given 
for brandy, table and ropes to be brought in, it was promptly 
countermanded by the patient with unmistakable emphasis. "I 
will neither be bound nor drunken! It is essential for someone 
to know what is being done." Turning to the grandson, who 
stood beside him, he said. "Isaac, you may stand here and if T 
can't hold my arm steadily, you can take hold and support it." 
He extended it and told the doctors to begin. Neither protest, 
persuasion nor threat availed anything — all knew he said what he 
meant and he meant what he said. It was a long, tedious opera- 
tion, but not a muscle was seen to move, nor a word uttered by 
him, while carefully watching the bungling performance, until the 
old saw entered the marrow, then, casting his eyes aside, he said, 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 29 

" Isaac^, that is a little tough." Such fortitude is seldom dis- 
played ! 

In after years he wielded with agility the axe and hoe, single- 
handed, and did much that another — a younger man — should have 
done. He died Oct. 2^, 1837, where he had lived fifty-seven 
years, at the advanced age of ninety. His final resting-place, 
beside the wife of his yotith, remains unmarked, his epitaph 
unwritten. That he, whose moral and financial duty it was to 
erect a fitting memorial at the grave of Leeds' first adopted son, 
should have failed that honor, is inexcusable. His second wife 
died Jan. 12, 1839, and was placed beside him. This memorable 
spot, where the remains of the pioneer are reposing, is seldom 
visited. It is the few, even, of the present generation, who have 
the knowledge of its location. With the passing of future gen- 
erations it will be forgotten and lost to man ; but ever fresh in the 
memory of Him ''Who knoweth all things." 

(Jf the family of James StinchfiekP and his wdfe, Hannah Pet- 
tengill, John'*, their eldest son, remained single. He and his 
brother Isaac*, settled on a portion of the land taken up by their 
grandfather, Thomas-. Their buildings were erected on the east 
side of the first wrought road in the town, — that from Portland 
to Farmington, — about one and one-half miles northerly from the 
railroad and county-road bridges which span Dead River. After 
the death of his father, he returned to his parent home and cared 
for his aged mother. He was a man of unquestionable character, 
respected by all his acquaintances, and beloved by the children for 
whom he always had a kindly greeting and a feast of sweetmeats. 
He died Nov. 2, 187 1, and his remains were laid beside those of 
his parents. His memory will live on until this generation shall 
have passed to the "Great unknown." 

Isaac*, the second child of James" married, Sept. 18, 1833, 
Abigail L., the eldest daughter of Cliarles Knapp and his wife, 
Catherine Lindsay. The place of their settlement has been 
described in the preceding Art. To this farm he subsequently 
added the entire cape north of Dead River. As a boy in school, 
he Icfl his classes and obtained a very liberal common school edu- 
cation.* When he reached the age of manhood he went to 
Massachusetts, and for seven years was in the employ of Oliver 
Ames, of shovel fame, whose plant was on the Taunton River at 
a place which bore the Indian name of Squaw-Betty. After his 
return he married, reared a family of nine children and devoted 

*School-books were then very few and grammar but little taught. He 
obtained the loan of one for three days. In the afternoon of tlie third day 
the teacher deputed an older scholar to hear his recitation. In the course of 
time the teacher became much interested and his attention was divi.ded, and 
at the close asked: "How far did he go?" "From one cover to the other."' 
The book was Murray's Grammar. 



30 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

the remainder of his hfe to farming. He was a man of ability 
and his word or veracity was never in question. The records of 
Androscoggin County Court of Probate are evidence of his 
efficiency in the settlement of estates. A prominent feature of his 
life was, as that of his wife, the education and training of the 
children, that they might make useful and respectable citizens, 
wherever their lot might fall. Their eldest child, Isaac°, w'as 
born in Leeds, Oct. 29, 1836. At the age of seventeen he was a 
teacher in the schools of the neighboring town of Wayne. Subse- 
quently he was an omnibus driver in Boston. Like many of the 
earlier members of the family, he fancied the sea, and returning 
from a voyage to the West Indies he made a voyage of the world. 
In the early summer of 1858 he went to California, and Sept. 8, 
i860, he died in Oakland, in that state, of black diphtheria. 
There his remains were buried. At the time of his death he was 
less than twenty-four years of age and luimarried. 

Thomas Jefferson'', their second child, was born in Leeds April 
6, 1838. He taught several terms of schools and later engaged in 
the grocery business on Washington Street, Boston. By close 
application and honest dealing he acquired a competency, but too 
close confinement and overwork had its destroying effect, and a 
long-neglected cold terminated in consumption, of w^hich he died, 
at his boyhood home in Leeds. May 24, 1867. He, too, was 
unmarried. 

Charles Knapp'\ the third child of Isaac*, was born in Leeds 
February 26. 1840. His boyhood days were spent on the farm, 
which was a portion of the first land owned by a white resident of 
the town, and until recently has been occupied by members of 
the Stinchfield family. He began his education in the old school- 
house that formerly stood in the sands of Beech Hill, near the 
dwelling of the late H. J. Ridley, in Wayne. From this school- 
house many teachers and several persons of more or less emi- 
nence have been sent out. From there he went to Towle Acad- 
emy, in the town of Winthrop, where he was first in his classes, 
under the tuition of Professor C. K. Hutchins, who was reared 
and educated by Charles Knapp, of Leeds. He next went to 
"Maine State Seminary," in Lewiston, where he completed his 
preparatory course. During this time the winter months found 
him imparting to others his attainments in the capacity of teacher, 
from which source he derived the necessary funds to enable him 
to continue his studies. He graduated from the Medical Depart- 
ment of Bowdoin College in the Class of 1865, from which he 
received the degree of M.D. From there he went to New York 
City where he availed himself of the advantages in the clinics at 
Bellevue Hospital Medical College. He established himself in an 
extensive and lucrative practice in the city. While there he had 
a severe attack of pneumonia, \vhich resulted in the entire loss 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 3 I 

of the use of his right king. He returned to his old home where, 
after a hard fight with the effects of this malady, he partially 
recuperated. Having the use of but one lung, the city air with its 
impurities was avoided. By earnest request of his many friends 
to locate near home, he was induced to make his residence, if but 
temporary, in Wayne. He went there in 1870, and practiced when 
his health would admit. He was always deeply interested in the 
cause of education. He was supervisor of schools in that town in 
1872 and 1873. the duties of which office he discharged with credit 
to himself and to the satisfaction of the townsmen. His ambition 
merited a much stronger physique. He was often restrained from 
carrying into effect many things that would have been of interest 
and benefit to the people had he not been handicappd by this 
malady, which was a source of great sorrow and suffering. In 
the winter of 1874-5. he contracted a severe cold, terminating in 
the consumption of the remaining lung, and he died at his parents' 
home, April i. 1875. He was buried in the family lot in the cem- 
etery which he passed and re-passed in going to and from the old 
school-house, in and around which cluster many fond remem- 
brances of the boyhood school days of the writer. He, like his 
older brothers, was never married. 

John Clark'', the fourth child of Isaac*, was born in Leeds 
November 3, 1843. From the district and high schools of Wayne 
he took a course at Towle Academy. Impaired health, which has 
changed the life course and blighted the ambition of many a 
school-boy, is here assigned as a reason for retiring from the 
school-room to the more active and out-of-door labors of life. 
During his school days he was a teacher in the schools of his native 
and neighboring towns, initiated at the age of sixteen in the little 
white school-house in the Additon district in Leeds. July 4, 1863, 
he married Catherine H.. the youngest daughter of. Charles 
Graves and his wife, Paulina Ridley, of Wayne, born November 
19, 1844. He became a resident of Wayne July 5. 1863. They 
had issue Minnie Etta'', born in Wayne, January i, 1868, and 
Roger*', born in Wayne, January 2, 1876. They became residents 
of Wayne village, May 8, 1868. Ten years later, January 7, 1878, 
his wife died. June 13, 1886, he married Henrietta, the youngest 
(laughter of Stillman L. Howard. Esq. She was born in Leeds, 
December 7, i8S3- Thev have one son, Allen Howard®, born 
May 8, 1888. Minnie Etta® married H. S. Sleeper, M.D., of 
Lewiston, Dec. 15, 1897, and resides in that city. From 1868 to 
March 20, 1890. he was engaged in buying and selling cattle, 
horses, and sheep ; at the same time shipping to the Boston mar- 
ket and retailing meats, etc., since which time he has been engaged 
in hotel business at Wayne village, making a specialty of enter- 
taining summer guests. He is the present proprietor of the 
Pocasset House in that tow^n. His name in the list of civil officers 



32 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

of Wayne is of frequent occurrence. In the discharge of public 
duties he is conscientious and systematic. He is interested in the 
cause of education, the advancement of young people to positions 
of responsibility and trust, the progress and improvement of the 
town, the development of its industries and natural resources, 
prominent in the societies and corporations with which he is con- 
nected, and careful and particular in the discharge of the duties 
imposed on him. 

Rose Ellen^ the fifth child of Isaac*, was born in Leeds, 
December 6, 1845. She married Joseph G., the only son of 
William Gott and his wife, Ruth Gould, January 3, 1862. They 
settled at Xorth Leeds. Subsequently they purchased the first 
farm taken up in the town, that of her great-grandfather, 
Thomas-. Mr. Gott's name is familiar to the people of Leeds, 
who repeatedly placed him on their list of civil officers and selected 
him to represent them in the State Legislature. Their present 
residence is Monmouth. They have two children (lost a son of 
great promise), viz.: Ida Lorena", born in Leeds Feb. 24, 1863, 
and Winifred A.**, born in Monmouth July 17, 1880. Ida L." 
married Harry H. Cochrane June 9, 1887, who was born in 
Augusta April 6, i860. Mr. and Mrs. Cochrane have a daughter, 
Lorena', born in Monmouth March 2, 1888, who is the only 
descendant of Isaac Stinchfield* in her generation. 

Abbie Lovina^, the sixth child of Isaac*, was born in Leeds 
January 3, 1848. She was a teacher in the schools of Wayne. In 
that town she married Jason M. Ridley March 16, 1865. A few 
years they resided in Leeds in the employ of her parents. 
December 15, 1867, to them was born a son, Charles Adelbert*. 
On May 8, 1868, they settled in Wayne village, where they resided 
for years, when they removed to Oakland where he engaged in 
the manufacture of shovel handles. After years of lingering dis- 
ease she died in that town. Her remains Avere carried to Wayne 
and buried in the village cemetery. Her husband and son continue 
their residence in Oakland, and in connection with their former 
business the son is a successful dry and fancy goods merchant 
in that town and commands the respect and esteem of a large 
circle of acquaintances. 

Sewall Wallace^, the seventh child of Isaac*, was born in 
Leeds May 10, 1850. Educated in the district school, he learned 
the trade of masonry. He became skilled in his work and several 
fine structures in the cities of New England have been erected 
under his supervision. In later years he w^as a contractor and 
builder in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. Over- 
exertion and care caused decline, and returning to Maine he died 
in Monmouth February 22, 1899. His remains were buried in 
tlie village cemetery in Wayne. His widow, Jennie S. (Teague) 
Stinchfield, born in Mt. Vernon. July 4, 1854, is a proprietor and 



HISTORY OF LEEDS ^^ 

resident in Wayne village. They had a son, Guy C, bom in 
Leeds Xovember 29, 1873. 

George Swain^, the youngest son of Isaac*, was bom in Leeds 
November 25, 1852. He was educated and a teacher of great 
promise. His was the exemplan,- life of a young man beloved by 
every one within his circle of acquaintances. Conscientious, 
strictly honest, ambitious, cordial, and moderately dignified, he 
was a bom leader, and his memory- is widely and lovingly cher- 
ished. Nov. 14, 1877, by the accidental discharge of a gun in 
the hands of a workman he was mortally wounded, from the 
effects of which he lived but a few hours. This, the fourth death 
of sons gro'.\n to manhood, he on whom they depended to care 
for them in their declining years, was a sad blow to his parents, 
one of whom, the father, survived but a few weeks. Accompa- 
nied to his last resting place by a large concourse of relatives and 
S}-mpathetic friends, his remains were deposited in a flower- 
decked grave in the family lot in the cemeten.- where many of his 
people are reposing. 

Ella Frances^, the youngest child of Isaac*, was bom in Leeds 
Nov. I, 1856. She was well educated and fitted herself for a 
teacher. Not unlike others she changed her mind, and Sept. 29, 
1878. married Charles K. Leadbetter. Her married life was not 
so desirable and pleasant as that of her childhood, and with tear- 
drops of pity we note her death, which occurred in Wa}-ne vil- 
lage. June, 1889. She was buried in her parents' lot, beside 
her brothers. She left two beautiful daughters and a son, Rena 
May^, bom in Leeds Oct. 10. 1879, whose home has been with 
Mr. and ^Irs. Harry H. Cochrane : Shirley Francis*, bom in Leeds 
Oct. 27. 188 1, who has been with his great-atmt. Mrs. Hannah 
L. Pollard : and Vemer Fay, bom in Leeds July 19, 1884. 

Isaac Stinchfield* died in Leeds Jan. 9, 1878, and his widow, 
bom in Leeds March 3. 18 14, died in Wa\Tie village, October 6, 
1884. 

Polly*, the third child of James^, married in Leeds, Dec. 11, 
1823. Elijah Gott, bom in Greene Feb. i. 1797. They settled on 
the Lake road in Wa}-ne, near the line which divides that town 
from Leeds. She was a kind neighbor, model housekeeper, indul- 
gent mother and beloved by all with whom she associated. They 
had issue Elvira S.^, bom in Wa>Tie April 22, 1825, and ^lary 
Ann^, bom Feb. 16. 1827, both of whom were teachers in the 
schools of their native town. Elvira S. married John P. Snow 
Oct. 3, 1852, who was bom Nov. 22. 1814. To them were bom, 
in Winthrop. Murietta Edora*. April 8, 1855, and Elbert*. Aug. 
28. 1858. John P. Snow died Nov. 19, 1861, and Elvira S. died 
March 19. 1886. They were buried in Wa}-ne. 

Man,- Ann^ married, in Boston. Lucius Clark Leadbetter^ 
March 5, 1852, who was bom in \Va>Tie Dec. 30, 1825. They 

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34 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

settled in Wayne on the farm formerly owned by her father, and 
subsequently on the Asa Foss farm where they now reside. To 
them were born four children, viz. : Freddie Clark®, March 14, 
1854, died Sept. 17, 1857; Nellie Ann", b. June 19, 1858, married 
Ulmer P. Francis April 2^, 1882; Arthur Clark«, b. Aug. 17, 
i860, married Grace Turner in September, 1892; and Charles 
Frederic, b. Nov 14, 1866. 

Elijah Gott died in Wayne June 22, 1875, and Polly*, his 
widow, May 25, 1890. They were buried in Wayne in the ceme- 
tery near the dwelling of the late Jared Knapp. 

James*, the fourth child of James^, married Clarissa, a 
daughter of Rufus Gould, Feb. i, 1839, who was born in Liver- 
more April 30, 1819. He built the brick house now standing on 
the lake road, in Leeds, northerly from Dead River bridges, in 
1838, and settled there at the time of his marriage. To them, 
in this town, were born Eliza Ann^ Dec. 2, 1839; Levi G., Dec. 
4, 1841; James H., xA.pril 28, 1845, died June i, 1846; Dora M., 
b. in Wayne July 25, 1847; Henry W., Jan. 18, 1852 ; and Evelyn 
P., March 25, 1857. I^^ 1846 he sold his place in Leeds, erected 
a house in Wayne village, to which he removed his family. His 
children wxre all educated, some of whom were succssfvd teachers. 
Eliza Ann^ married A. R. Dickinson, a teacher of notoriety, Aug. 
10, 1859. At a later date they settled in South Braintree, Mass., 
where she died July 17, 1892, and Mr. Dickinson Aug. 29, 1899. 

Levi G.^, the second child of James*, went to California when 
twenty-one years of age, where he married and reared a large 
family. 

Dora M.^ remained at home, kept her father's house and cared 
for him in his declining years. After his decease she went to her 
sister in Massachusetts and continued her family obligations in 
caring for her during the time of her sickness ; since which, she 
resides with a younger sister. She is a maiden lady closely 
endeared to her relatives and friends. 

Henry W.'', the fifth child of James*, left home early and was 
engaged in mill business. He returned later to aid in the care of 
his father and farm duties, where he remained until his father's 
death. He married Lizzie , had one daughter, and subse- 
quently removed to California where he now resides. 

Evelyn P.-'"', the youngest child of James*, was a beautiful child, 
an accomplished young lady, and is a model housewife. Feb. 5, 
1891, she married George L. Duckworth, who was born in Bridge- 
water, Mass., Aug. 23, 1856. Theirs is a pleasant and happy 
home in South Braintree, Mass. 

Clarissa, the wife of James Stinchfield*, died in Wayne Oct. 
10, 1874, and he Dec. 21, 1887. They were buried with their 
kinfolks in the western part of Wayne. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 35 

Elvira^, the fourth child of James^, has ah-eady received men- 
tion. 

Joel*, the fifth child, married Frances Dolly, March 8, 1847, 
who was born in Jay April 21, 1833, in which town they settled. 
To them were born Elmira\ June 19, 1849; Eliza J., March 4, 
1852; Lucinda, Jan. 17, 1854; Alluva H., Nov. 24, 1858; John 
Allen, Sept. 18, 1862; F. Carabelle, Feb. 9, 1867; Fred E., Feb. 7, 
1870, and Charles A., June 5, 1872. 

Joel* died in Jay Sept. 12, 1888. His widow resides at Liver- 
more Falls. 

Thomas*, the next in the list of children of James^, married 
Elizabeth Gray, a descendant of one of the first setlers of Mon- 
mouth, who was born in that town Oct. 31,1817. They settled in 
East Livermore where they spent most of their married life. To 
them were born ten children, many of whom died in childhood 
(one only remaining), viz.: John Allen^, July 8, 1840; Almira C. 
Jan. 3, 1844; Ann Eliza, Oct. 31, 1845 ! Ann Eliza, Nov. 17, 1848; 
Emma J.. Oct. 10, 1850; Christiana B., Sept. 18, 1852; Florence 
E., Jan. 7, 1855; Hannah E., July 15, 1857; John Allen, June 15, 
1859; Thomas S., Aug. 17, 1852. 

Thomas* died in East Livermore Sept. i, 1863, and his widow 
in Wayne Dec. 20, 1878. They were buried in Wayne, with their 
people. 

Hannah*, the eighth child of James^, married Greenwood C. 
Gordon, Oct. 4, 1840, who was born Feb. 7, 1815, and settled first 
in East Livermore, later in Wayne, and finally in Leeds where 
they now reside — an aged and much respected couple. Their 
children are Hezekiah S.^, born in East Livermore Dec. 21, 1842; 
John Allen^, b. in Wayne June 12, 1846; Henry G.^, b. in Wayne 
April 19, 1848, and Viola H.^ b. in Leeds Oct. 16, 185 1. 

Hezekiah S."^ married Phebe Jane, a daughter of Charles Gor- 
don. They have issue Costello D.", b. in Leeds Oct. 25, 1868; 
Josephine E., b. in Leeds Sept. 11, 1870, and Irving, b. in Mon- 
mouth Jan. 23, 1874. 

John Allen^ married May 22, 1890, Adelia C. Hartt, born May 
16, i860, and resides on the parental home farm. They have one 
son, John H. Gordon, b. July 21, 1894. 

Henry G.^ married Carrie E. Peaslee, b. June 8, 1861, and 
resides in Wayne. They have issue Ira D., b. in Wayne, Aug. 22, 
1885; Ellery'W., b. March 8, 1889, and Leland H., b. Nov. 6, 
1894. 

Viola H.^ married William R. Millett, who was born Dec. 3, 
1845. They had one son, William A., born in Leeds July 27, 
1874. William R. Millett died Aug. 5, 1875, and Viola H. died 
Feb. 26, 1896. 

Abigail C.*, the next in the list of children of James^, mar- 
ried John W. Vose Oct. 22, 1846, who was born in Kingfield 



36 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

March 7, 1822. They settled first in Wayne, and later in Win- 
throp, and had issue John W.^ Jr., b. in Wayne Aug. 15, 1847; 
Abbic E., b. in Winthrop Aug. 29, 1849; Charles Allen and James 
Sewall, b. April 1, 1854, and Miney E., b. Jan. 25, 1858. 

Abigail C.* died in Winthrop Nov. 27, 1897, and her husband 
a few weeks later. 

Aramantha P.*, the next in the list of children of James^, mar- 
ried Simon P. Gray, who was born in Monmouth and settled first 
in East Livermore and later on the old Herrick place, at Bar- 
ker's Mills, Lewiston, where she died Aug. 9, 1862. She had 
two daughters, Augusta Ann^, Vv?ho died in Lewiston ; and Mary^, 
who married Luville, a son of Harrison Gould and his wife, Sarah 
Stinchfield. Mary has issue two or more children. 

Sewall*, the eleventh child of James-'*, was engaged in whale 
fishery. After retiring he spent a few years at home on the farm 
and married Hannah Raymond, by whom he had a son, Sewall 
Warren, and a daughter, Nancy Maria. He subsequently went to 
California, where later his family were removed and now reside. 
There he has been successfully engaged in mining. 

Allen*, the youngest son of James^, was engaged in whale 
fishery, and later went to California where he accumulated wealth. 
He was a prominent factor in building and equipping the Street 
Railway in Portland, Ore. He disappeared several years ago and 
his people have no further knowledge of him. He was a single 
man and one much respected by all his acquaintances. He was 
unlike many, being the only individual who knew his business 
and attended strictly to it, leaving that of others entirely alone. 



FAMILY OF CAPT. SAMUEL AND MARY (kING) STINCHFIELD. 

George K., their eldest son, married Jan. i, 1834, Jane, born 
Jan. 13, 1810, eldest daughter of Eben and Sarah (Foster) Libby, 
who was born in Saco, Sept. 6, 1788, and settled in Leeds in 1807. 
When George was twenty years old his father died and much of 
the care of the family devolved on him. He was a man of good 
executive ability which was recognized by his townsmen whose 
services they sought on their municipal board of selectmen. In 
1855 he removed to Fond-du-Lac, Wis., where he died Dec. 4, 
1881. His wife died there Oct. 22, 1878, and his mother Jan. 21, 
1858. To theip were born in Leeds, Me., two children, Sarah 
Jane and Samuel B. Sarah Jane, b. Nov. 6, 1834, was a young 
lady of great promise. At the age of eighteen she went into 
decline. PToping that a change of location and climate might 
benefit her, in 1855 her father disposed of his property in Leeds to 
Samuel P. True and removed to Wisconsin. There she died 
Sept. 30, 1855. 




HON. SAMUEL B, STANCHFIELD. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 3/ 

Samuel B., b. March 17, 1836, received a liberal education in 
his native State, and accompanied his parents to Wisconsin, where 
they located on a farm on an eminence just outside the business 
center of Fond-du-Lac. It is a beautiful location overlooking the 
town. Mr. Stanchfield is an able, progressive, influential man, 
appreciated by the people in his section of the State. In public 
life his services have been in constant demand. In 1874 he was 
elected town clerk, which office he held for a term of years ; is now 
entered on his eighteenth year as chairman of town board of Fond- 
du-Lac ; was five years chairman of county board of supervisors ; 
serving on his seventeejith year as secretary and treasurer, and six 
years as president of the Empire and Friendship Insurance Co. ; 
president of the Fond-du-Lac County Agricultural Society two 
years ; president of the Wisconsin Central Stock Growers and 
Industrial Association three years ; was elected to Assembly in 
1885 and '86, and in 1888 elected State Senator for four years. 

March 18, 1863, he married Ophelia Edgerton, born in Rome, 
N. Y., Nov. 6, 1837. They have issue three sons, namely: Gan- 
cello S., George H., and Bartley K. 

Gancello S., b. May 31, 1864, is a farmer; married and has a 
son and daughter. 

George H.. b. July 3, 1868, graduated as a civil engineer from 
the State University, is city engineer of Watertown, Wis. He is 
married and has two daughters. 

Bartley K., b. Oct. 2, 1872, is a graduate of the State Univer- 
sity as a mechanical engineer in which profession he is actively 
engaged. 

James K/', the second son of Capt. Samuel, a young man of 
ability and beloved by everybody, by multiplied '.rouble of deaths 
and anxiety for the living, suicided March 28, 1838. 

Mary Ann'\ the eldest daughter of Capt. Samuel, Sept. 28, 

1839, married Stephen, a life-long resident of Leeds, a son of the 
before mentioned Eben and Sarah (Foster) Libby, who was born 
in that town May 24. 1814. They settled on the farm where Mrs. 
Libby now resides — a remarkably smart lady, approaching the last 
decade of a century. They had issue Ebenezer A., born Nov. 23, 

1840, died in New Orleans May 25, 1862; Helen H., b. Aug. 4, 

1842 (who married Rev. Aaron Hartt) ; Charles F., b. Dec. 20, 

1843 (married Clara Hartt); Henrietta B., b. March 10, 1846 
(married Clark S. Brewster) ; and Mary Jane^, b. May 6, 1845 
(married George S. Buck), died Feb. 13, 1887. 

Stephen Libby died in Leeds April 23, 1890. 

Samuel*, the fourth child of Capt. SamueP, was a very prom- 
ising young man. His death, which occurred July 7, 1834, was a 
heavy blow to his people. He was held in high esteem by his 
associates. 



38 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Thomas Bartley*, M.D., the fifth child of Capt. SamueP, was 
a graduate of Bovvdoin Medical College. He went to Egypt, 
Wharton County, Texas, where he had a successful and lucra- 
tive practice. July 4, 1848, he there married Susan Ann, a 
daughter of Capt. W. J. E. Heard, who commanded a company 
under General Houston, in April, 1836, at the battle of San 
Jacinto, which gained the independence of Texas. She was born 
in Egvpt, Texas, Feb. 15, 1832, on the first plantation opened on 
the Colorado River, in that state. This plantation with its wealth 
of slaves and stock had a money value of more than two hundred 
thousand dollars. Here were born to them three children, viz. : 
Gancello Bartley"', May 6, 1850; Mary V.', June 15, 1852; and 
Olivia Morton, Sept. 5, 1854. In 1858 he took his family to 
Chapel Hill to educate his children. He was a firm believer in 
state rights. When the Civil War was instituted he espoused 
the cause of the South and entered the service in the capacity of 
surgeon. He died at Chapel Hill, Jan. 9, 1862. By the emancipa- 
tion proclamation their wealth in slaves was lost, and in October, 
1867, yellow fever broke out at Chapel Hill, with which his 
daughter, Mary V., died on the fifth, the son on the seventh, and 
his widow and an infant grandchild on the tenth of that month. 
But one child recovered, Olivia M., who married, Oct. 19, 1870, 
Richard E. Carter, a prominent lawyer of that state. They had 
five children, all of whom, together with their mother, have since 
died, and the family thereby became extinct. 

Adelia*, the sixth child of Capt. SamueP, is a maiden lady, 
and for a term of years superintended the home cf her youngest 
brother in Massachusetts. She is spending a season with a 
nephew in Wisconsin. 

John K.*, M.D., the seventh in the list, graduated from the 
Medical Department of Bowdoin College in the Class of 1848. 
In 1852 he went to Elmira, N. Y., where he continued in active 
practice until the time of his death. In St. Peter's Church, in 
the city of New York, June 3, 1852, he and Glovina, a daughter 
of George Smith, Esq., one of the most prominent citizens of 
Wayne, Me., were married. His wife was born in Readfield, 
Me., June 16, 1822. To them were born two sons, John Barry^, 
March 30, 1855, and George Barclay, May 18, 1859. John Barry 
was a graduate of Amherst College in the Class of 1876. He is 
a lawyer and for several years was a law partner of Governor Hill. 
He is a resident of Elmira, N. Y. He is an able man and has held 
several important offices in that state. Two terms he served his 
county in the capacity of district attorney. In 1900 he was the 
democratic nominee for the office of Governor of New York. 
His bnjther, George B., was a student of Princeton College. 
When near graduation he was attacked with malarial fever and 
died June 9, 1880. In January, 1883, the parents visited the 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 39 

Pacific coast. In returning they made a stop in Denver, Col., to 
visit the doctor's brother. There the doctor sickened and died, 
July II, 1883. His remains were brought to Elmira, N. Y., for 
interment. 

Stephen Decateur"*, the eighth child of Capt. SamueP, after 
completing his education, went South, where he was engaged for 
a term of years in teaching. In 1846, he was elected to a Pro- 
fessorship in Rutherville College, in Texas. On account of illness 
he was obliged to return to his native State. Recuperated, he 
studied law and was admitted to the bar at Portland, in 1849. He 
practiced law one year with Hon. Abram Sanborn, in Bangor. 
In 1850, he removed to Fond-du-Lac, Wis., where he resided 
fourteen years in practice, there holding the office of Clerk of 
Courts, and at the same time edited the "Democratic Press." In 
1864 he removed to Elmira. N. Y. ; thence to Baltimore, Md., in 
1867, and to Boston in 1879. These places proving not congenial 
to his health in April, 1881, he removed to Denver, Col. There 
he w^as engaged for a short time on the State Business Directory. 
In 1882 he was appointed postmaster, and in November of that 
year was chosen one of the judges of the city court, both of which 
offices he held at the time of his death. 

In 1856 he married Miss Eveline B. Rice, of Geneva, N. Y. 
To them were born a son and three daughters, two of whom died 
in infancy. The son, Edward Everett\ was born October, 1857, 

and Mary K., , 1869. Edward Everett is a successful 

merchant of that city, and has held important offices in its gov- 
ernment. 

Anson Gancello*, the youngest child of Capt. SamueP, pre- 
pared for college at the "Maine Wesleyan Seminary," and Mon- 
mouth Academy, and graduated at Bowdoin College in the Class 
of 1847. He studied law with Hon. Henry W. Paine at Hallo- 
well, Me. ; was admitted to the Maine bar April 2, 1850, and later 
to the Circuit and Supreme Courts of the United States. While 
in Maine, where he was in practice twenty and more years, he was 
a heavy owner in the Hallowell Granite Quarries. In 1871 he 
removed to Newton and engaged in practice in Boston, princi- 
pally in the United States courts, continuing therein until the 
present time. Single. 



40 inSTOKV OF LEEDS 

EBEX STINCHFIELD^ (JOIIN■^ WILLIAM", JOHN^). 

Eben Stinchfield of the fourth generation was born in Pejep- 
scot February 7, 1787. In 1809 he married Mary Woodbury, 
who was born in Pejepscot Sept. 25, 1786. They came to Leeds 
in 1809 and settled on the lake road, northerly from the dwelling 
of James"' Stinchfield. They had issue Susan^ born Sept. 2, 1810; 
Seth, b. Aug. 30. 1812; Sarah, b. May 12, 1815 ; Woodbury A., 
b. July 2, 1817, and Eben, b. Nov. 22, 1820. Susan married Sam- 
uel P. True, settled where D. P. True now resides, had no issue, 
and died Jan. 23, 1879. 

Seth\ the second child, when he became of age, went into tht 
eastern part of the State where he engaged in lumbering business. 
He was one of five of the first settlers of the town of Dan- 
forth, Washington County, Me. He owned the water power and 
land where the village has been built. He was a prominent factor 
in building it up ; and later was instrumental in giving it railroad 
connection with the outside world. He married Hannah Hard- 
ing, by whom he had seventeen children, viz. : Seth", died in 
infancy; Keziah H.^ b. in Danforth Aug. 6, 1837, married Mel- 
ville S. Springer Nov. 14, 1856, has four children; Eurania T., b. 
Nov: 28. 1839, married Edward Russel, of Athens, had six 
children, second, married Nathan Walls of Lewiston, had one 
child; Mary Augusta, b. April 24, 1841, married Edwin W. Vos- 
mus, of Lewiston, Sept. 13, 1871, has no issue ; Rufus B., b. March 
18, 1843, married Lydia Kelley, of Bancroft, has four children; 
Betsey R., b. March 3, 1845, married D. P. True, of Leeds, has 
no issue; Llev,^ellyn A., b. March zj, 1847, married Sept. 29, 1874, 
Almira Russell, of Athens, had no children ; Eben P., b. Nov. 
17, 1848, married AUie Marston May i, 1887, had two chidren ; 
Eben P., died in Lewiston ; Amaziah P., b. Oct. 2, 1850, married 
Rose Foss, has four children; Annette, b. April 30, 1852, died 
Sept. 3, i860; Willington. b. March 24, 1854, married Estella 
Scribner, has no issue ; Sarah, b. June 21, 1855. married James 
M. Moulton. of Wayne, May 3, 1879, has four children; Fred- 
eric W., b. Aug. 19, 1856; Orilla D., b. Oct. 9, 1858, married 
Charles S. Merrill, of Auburn, Sept. 29, 1883, has two children ; 
Thirza M., b. Oct. 21, i860, died Dec. 20, 1864; Estella M., b. 
March 2j, 1862, married Thomas H. Boothby of Leeds, Novem- 
ber, 1892, has no issue; Horace W., b. Oct. 3. 1866, died Sept. 3, 
1867. The life of Seth Stinchfield has been one of industry and 
usefulness. Though his sight and hearing are much impaired, 
he is a hale and strong old gentleman. 

Sarah\ the third child of Eben*, spent several years in Lowell, 
Mass. She married Harrison, a son of Robert Gould, of Leeds. 
To them was born a son, Luville, a conductor on the Maine Cen- 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 4 1 

tral Railroad, with whom she resided in Portland after the decease 
of her husband. She died in that city Jan. lo, 1901. 

Woodbury A/', the fourth child of Eben*, was a natural 
mechanic, a man of trades, a valuable and industrious gentleman. 
He settled in Wayne village where he built several houses. He 
married Frances Fuller, an estimable lady of that town, Aug. 9, 
185 1. To them were born Edith Helen", Nov. 24, 1852, and 
Florence Mabel'', Jan. 14, 1856. Edith H. studied law and also 
married a lawyer, Charles E. Conant. They are both in practice 
and life-long members of the firm. They are in the west. Flor- 
ence Mabel is also a lawyer of prominence. Woodbury A.'"' died 
in Leeds, in 188 1. and was buried in the village cemetery in 
Wayne. 

Eben'"', the youngest child of Eben*. married Hannah Lincoln, 
who was born in Leeds Nov. 5, 1819. To them were born two 
sons, Lewis D., born in Leeds .\pril ir, 1845, married in North 
Bridgewater, Mass., April 28, 1874, Harriet M. Chessman, b. in 
South Weymouth, Mar. 10, 1855, resides at Campello, Mass. ; and 
Eben A. W., b. in Turner March 30, 1848, who married, Jan. 28, 
1879. Abbie A. Atwood, b. in Rochester, Mass., Avig. 26, 1861. 
His residence w^as at Plymouth, Mass., and his business that of 
baggage master on the Old Colony Railroad, where he accidentally 
lost his life. 

Eben-"' died in Wayne Jan. 22, 1849. H^is father, Eben*, died 
in Leeds Jan. 23, 1877, and his mother, Mary (Woodbury), Oct. 
I, 1852. They were buried in Wayne where many of the Stinch- 
field family repose. Eben* Stinchfield had four wives, viz. : Mary 
Woodbury, of Pejepscot ; Diadama Larrabee, of Leeds ; Clara 
Judkins, of East Livermore ; Almira Berry, of Leeds. He was a 
grandson of John, the first born Stinchfield in America, the first 
man married in the town of New Gloucester, and the eldest 
brother of Thomas and Rogers Stinchfield, the first settlers of the 
town of Leeds. 



THOMAS MILLET AND FAMILY. 

The fourth family to settle in Leeds was that of Thomas 
Millet. The Millet family is one that is very largely identified 
with Maine and Massachusetts, and it is now numerously repre- 
sented in various other portions of the United States. It is not- 
able, however, that the Boston directory records only 34 persons 
of the name in its two forms — that of Millett being in more 
common usage — in comparison with the very much greater pro- 
portion of various other names apparently no less common in the 
country at large. 

The name is an old one in England and is still older in France. 
In the English record it is variously spelled. Mylet, Mylett, 



42 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Myllais, Millet, Millett are among the early forms. The name 
appears in the English records early in the fifteenth century. 
The differences in spelling do not in the least signify any differ- 
ences in origin. In England there always has been, and there 
still is, the greatest freedom as to the spelling of one's name. A 
person is at liberty to write it as he chooses. Near relatives 
often have very dift'erent forms. All genealogical authorities 
agree that the name, whatever its existing orthography, was orig- 
inally the same. In Middlesex there are Mylletts and Millets ; in 
Hereford there are Myllcts ; in Cornwall there are Milletts, arid 
on the Island of Jersey the name is spelled Millais. These fami- 
lies are all of common origin. The two artists, the late Sir John 
Everett Millais of London, and Mr. Francis Davis Millet, the 
American painter, are from the same stock. And in all likeli- 
hood it would be found that their lines run back to the same 
French ancestry as that of the famous painter of peasant life, 
Jean Francois Millet. It has been supposed that the first of the 
name in England came with William the Conqueror, and that this 
is indicated by the mural crown in the crest of the arms allowed 
to John Millet of Hayes Court, Middlesex, in 1616. The first 
publicly recorded instance of the name in England is that of John 
My let, who came in 1432 as an ambassador from the regent of 
France, the Duke of Bedford, eldest uncle of Henry Sixth. It 
is thought that he never returned to his native country. In 15 13 
one of the secretaries of Henry Eighth was named John Millet. 
In 1 5 16 the same name appears as that of a clerk of the signet 
and also as a Letter of Exchequer, probably all the same per- 
son. Among the earliest mentioned of the family are the Millets 
of Perivale, Middlesex. Henry Millet is recorded as dying on 
Feb. 5, 1500. In 1575 another Henry Millet of that place was 
Lord of the Manor of Cornhill. Though the name is so variously 
spelled it is noted that there seems to have been endeavored to 
keep the original spelling on the monuments, in records of pedi- 
grees and of visitations in the Heralds College. The various 
branches of the family seem to have radiated from Middlesex, 
Buckinghamshire, and Surrey. John Millet of Hayes, Middle- 
sex, was Lord of the Manor there in 1613. In 1616 the "Armes 
Argent a fess gules between three dragons heads erased vert" 
was exemplified, that is allowed, to him, with the crest of an 
arm armed, the hand grasping a dragon's head. Arms of that 
description arc held to represent military distinction in opposi- 
tion to tyranny, wdiile the crest with the mural crown is some- 
thing granted for the taking of a walled city. 

In Cornwall the Milletts were a prominent family. William 
Millett was sheriff of Cornwall in 1566. In Marazion and Pen- 
zance the Milletts were leading people. The mother of Sir 
Humphrey Davy, whose monument stands in Penzance, was 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 43 

Grace Millett. At Rosavern a branch of the family hved in one 
house from 1627 to the present time. 

The immigrant ancestor of the American Millets, or at least of 
that branch of the family which immediately concerns this work, 
was Mr. Thomas Millet, who was born in England in 1605 and 
who, before emigrating to New England in 1635, married Mary 
Greenaway, who was born in England in 1606. 

Thomas Millet belonged to the Herefordshire branch of the 
family, his great-grandfather being John Myllet. gentleman, of 
Redwood, near Leominster. His grandfather, also a John 
Myllet, lived in Chertsey, Surreyshire, and here his father, Henry 
Myllet. was born. Henry Myllet was attorney-at-law in Staples 
Inn, Holborn, and married Joyce, daughter of John Chapman, 
of Chertsey. Thomas was one of six children and their third 
son. The immigrant pair came to Dorchester, Mass., bringing 
with them a son, Thomas, born in England, in 1635. The fact 
that his wife's father, John Greenaway, had come to Dorchester 
in the ship Mary and John two years before with his wife and 
four daughters, was probably the fact that induced Thomas 
Millet to make his home in the new Bay Colony. With them 
also came Ursula Greenaway, his wife's sister, and the ship that 
brought them was the Elizabeth of London. The place where 
Mr. Thomas Millet was born does not appear. But he brought 
a certificate of his conformity from the rector of the Church of 
St. Saviour's in Southworth and was a teacher in the church. He 
was straightway made a freeman in Dorchester, where he lived 
until 1655, when he moved to Gloucester, having purchased there 
all the possessions of William Perkins, a teaching elder of that 
town. He succeeded Mr. Perkins in his religious office, the 
exercise of which gave him the right to the rare title of Mr. 
Though not an ordained minister, he receiVed a salarv "not 
always voluntarily bestowed" we are told. It was probably his 
function as teaching-elder that carried him to Gloucester and 
afterwards to Brookfield, for when an ordained minister was 
settled in the Cape Ann town Mr. Millet went to Brookfield to 
succeed ,Mr. Younglove in mmisterial duties, though neither 
was ever ordained. He owned much real estate in Gloucester. 
When he died does not appear, but his wife entered his estate for 
probate in 1676. Beside the son born in England they had six 
other children, all born in Dorchester. It is notable that one of 
the first of the Bay colonists to visit Maine was John Millet, 
second son of Mr. Thomas Millet. The York records, August 8, 
t66i, show that Thomas Booth agrees with Adolphus Maverick 
to provide sufficient house room for John Millet and his family. 
But his stay appears to have been short, for in the Gloucester 
records are mentions of his marriage bv Governor Endicott 
and the birth of seven children. 



44 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

The eldest son, Lieut. Thomas Millet, as he was called, mar- 
ried Mary Evelith on May 21, 1655, Governor Endicott 
officiating. This was about the time his father moved to 
Gloucester. Their wedded life was passed in that town, lasting 
thirty-two years, the wife dying in June, 1687, leaving no chil- 
dren. The next year he married Abigail Evelith, widow of his 
wife's brother, Isaac, and daughter of John Gait. She was his 
junior by twenty-six years. They were blessed with three sons, 
Thomas, John, and Nathaniel ; the latter dying in infancy. Lieu- 
tenant or Ensign Millet had land from his father, and in 1707 he 
purchased the l)lynman farm at Kettle Gove. He was a respected 
citizen and successful farmer, leaving a large estate to his wife 
and two sons. Thomas Millet sold to his younger brother, John, 
his share in the farm. He had taken to the sea and was then 
styled "Gaptain and mariner." Giving up his seafaring in 1720 
he removed to Durham, N. H., where he married Love Bunker 
and settled on Dover Neck. He was known as the Hon. Thomas 
Millet and was one of the most distinguished of the family in 
America. He was a ship-builder, and made several voyages to 
England and France in his own ships, as master. From those 
countries he brought fruit trees and originated the once cele- 
brated "Millet apple," supposed to be a variety of the Normandy 
pippin. He also visited relatives bearing the family name in both 
England and France. He held prominent local and state offices 
and for twenty years was Judge of the New Hampshire Supreme 
Gourt. 

John Millet, the younger brother, who was born April IQ. 1692. 
remained in Gloucester all his life. He married Eunice Babson 
Dec. 24, 1723. They had nine children. He was an active man, 
but over-venturesome in his disposition, so that his proneness to 
speculation proved of much damage to his estate. Much of his 
property was lost in the Land Bank, and he died poor in 1747. 
It was with him that the Millet connections with Maine began. 
In the year 1737 he, with two other Gloucester men. were 
appointed a committee to lay out lots in the township of New 
Gloucester, and the next year, in the first distribution . of lots, 
he drew No. 22. In the same year he was chosen to cut and 
make a good way, twelve feet wide, from North Yarmouth to 
New Gloucester through the town to the spot selected for a 
meeting-house. 

It is an interesting coincidence that, in the year that the Maine 
connection originated, Thomas Millet, the seventh child and 
fourth son, was born Oct. 2, 1737. He lived in Gloucester until 
after the Revolution, marrying Eunice Parsons on May 29, 1763. 
Here also four of their six children were born, the other two first 
seeing the light in New Gloucester, Me. Llis adventures in the 
Revolutionary War were of an exceptionally interesting and 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 45 

varied character. It seems a pity that they were never fully 
chronicled. Apparently he lived quietly at home up to the time 
of his enlistment in the Continental Army on May 3, 1775. He 
was then nearly 38 years old. 

The company to which he belonged was in the battle of 
Bunker Hill. On the way to the battle the company was 
divided, one part marching under the captain, and the other 
under the lieutenant. He was with the lieutenant, and when 
they reached the scene of battle the Americans had begun the 
retreat from the rail fence. The siege of Boston over, he went 
with the army of Washington and remained until after the battle 
of Trenton as one of the soldiers who remained after the time of 
their enlistment had expired. 

He then returned to Gloucester, and in April he shipped for 
a year on board the Hancock, a Continental ship of 32 guns under 
the command of Capt. John Manley. Sailing from Boston in 
May, 1777, they cruised off Newfoundland and there they cap- 
tured two prizes, a merchant vessel and the sloop of war Fox. 
But in August he was captured by the British war ship Rainbow, 
and was impressed into service with her crew. At Halifax, 
however, on Christmas day, he, with two companions, managed to 
escape; they jumped overboard and swam three miles to shore. 
He then made his way to Liverpool, N. S. Here he shipped on the 
sloop Bermuda, for Antigua, and from that island to. St 
Eustasia. 

In May, 1778, he shipped on a Dutch schooner for North 
Carolina, but in the same month was captured by a British ship 
and taken to New York. Here he was held a prisoner until the 
next September, when he was taken to Elizabethtown, N. J., to 
be exchanged. 

Sixteen months had passed since his family had heard from 
him. In the meantime his wife and four children had gone to 
New Gloucester, Me., to live with her brother, William Parsons. 
Thither he went to join them, and it is said that afterwards for a 
short time he again served in the patriot army. 

Thomas Millet never returned to Massachusetts to live, and 
when the war was over he settled in Leeds, then in the heart of 
the wilderness, inhabited by only three other families when he 
went to live there. Here in 1781 he built a log house and lived 
for the rest of his life. He was 81 years old when, in 1813, he 
applied for a pension. This was granted and he enjoyed it 
through the remainder of his long life. The youngest son, 
Benjamin, always lived at the homestead, but as the other 
children grew up they all settled on places near by, in clearings 
from the wilderness. In 1820 he was living with Benjamin and 
had a lease of 75 acres of land. But he was then too feeble to 
do anv work, or even to dress himself without assistance. Three 



46 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

years later, in 1823, he died, about 91 years old. His wife, 
Eunice, was the twelfth child of Thomas Parsons, Jr., of 
Gloucester. In the absence of a family record the dates of their 
death are unknown. 

That Thomas Millet had a high sense of patriotic duty is evi- 
dent not only from the fact of his enlistment, leaving a wife and 
four children at home, but from his remaining to fight at Tren- 
ton after his term of service had expired, followed by his 
shipping to serve at sea. His courage and his physical vigor are 
also attested by his plunge for liberty into the icy December 
waters of Halifax harbor to swim three miles to shore. 

Following is a hst of their children : 



Born in Gloucester, Mass. 

Eunice, b. Sept. 23, 1764, d. Dec. 24, 1852. 
Thomas, b. 1769, d. Aug. 26, 1834. 
Zebulon Parsons, b. Oct. 9, 1773, d. Oct. i, 1856. 
John, b. Feb. 2, 1776, d. Dec. 21. 1862. 



Born in New Gloucester, Me. 

Benjamin, b. 1780, d. 

Betsey, b. 1783, d. Nov. 2, 1853. 

From these children of Thomas Millet came the Millets of 
Leeds. All of them lived well into the nineteenth century, and 
their numerous descendants are now widely scattered throughout 
the United States. Eunice married the Rev. Thomas Francis, 
the first minister of Leeds, a man of remarkable character, whose 
story is told elsewhere in this volume. 

Thomas Millet married Matilda Knapp of Leeds, a sister of 
Joseph Knapp. Who their father was does not appear, his name 
not having been recorded. Having no children of their own, 
they adopted two of the nephews of Thomas, John and Samuel 
Francis, sons of the minister, and left them their property. 

Zebulon Parsons Millet, the third child, married Deliverance 
Rich of Sandwich, Mass., on April 6, 1797. The Cape Cod 
town was the parent of New Sandwich, now Wayne, Me., and 
the relations between the two sections thus established doubtless 
led to this union. Zebulon and his brother John were in the 
Leeds militia, called out for coast guard duty in the War of 1812, 
and it is recorded that for this service they each received a land 
warrant in later days. The children of Zebulon and Deliverance 
were Solomon (1798), Parsons (1798), Thomas (1801), Lydia 
(1803), Obadiah (1805), Isabella (1807), Aaron (1809), 
Francis Davis (1811), Asa (1813), Polly Francis (1815), Lydia 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 47 

(1818), Adelia (1822). Of these children Solomon married 
Phooebe Gould, of Wayne, and lived the greater part of his life 
in Leeds. Their ten children were born there, but later the 
family moved to East Bridgewater, Mass., Solomon dying there 
in 1880. Thomas married Almira A. Day, of Baring, Me., 
where the first of their twelve children was born ; the next two 
were born in Leeds, and the others in Palmyra, where the mother 
died. The father then married Fannie Gordon, of St. Albans, 
Me., who became the mother of six children. Thomas died in 
Palmyra in 1874. Obadiah Millet remained in Leeds, marrying 
Eliza Safford, of Turner. They had two children, Lydia and 
Charles Holmes. 

Isabella married Eben Cobb, of Livermore, where their four 
children were born. Aaron moved to West Bridgewater, Mass., 
where he married Myra Holmes. They had nine children. 
Francis Davis remained in Leeds. In 1835 he married Elathear 
True, who died in 1841. In 1852 he married Lucina Phillips. 
Their only child was Elathear True, who in 1880 became the 
wife of Lot Howard. Francis Davis Millet, or Davis, as he was 
commonly called, was of a genial, upright nature, and was uni- 
versally respected through his long and useful life. The ties 
between him and his younger brother were uncommonly strong. 
This brother, Asa, moved to Plymouth County, Mass., and there 
became eminent as a physician. In the Civil War he was a sur- 
geon with the Union army and was a member of Governor 
Andrew's council. He devoted years of research to the prepara- 
tion of a Millet genealogy, which was nearly completed at the 
time of his death in 1893. To the manuscript of this interesting 
and important work the writer of this chapter is mainly indebted 
for his facts. His eldest son, Francis Davis Millet, who was born 
at Mattapoisett, Mass., after serving with the Union army as 
drummer boy in the Civil War, was graduated at Harvard Uni- 
versity. He then devoted himself to art, studying in Europe 
and becoming celebrated as a painter. At the Columbian World's 
Fair at Chicago, in 1893, he had charge of the decorative features 
and was director of festivities, originating the scheme of treat- 
ment that gave rise to the name "The White City." He devised 
also the scheme of mural decoration for the exhibition buildings 
that gave such an impetus to the art of mural painting for public 
buildings of this country. In literature and journalism he also 
became celebrated ; he has written several books and numerous 
magazine articles — fiction, travel, etc. — and was a notable war 
correspondent with the Russian army in the Russo-Turkish war, 
and twenty years afterwards with the American army in the 
Manila campaign. The second son of Dr. Millet, Josiah Byram, 
is a prominent Boston publisher. The youngest son, Charles 
Sumner, following his father's footsteps as a physician, has 



48 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

gained a name for his successful treatment of consumption, and 
has recently converted the family homestead at East Bridge- 
water, Mass., into a model sanitorium for the treatment of tuber- 
culous patients, naming it "The Asa Millet Sanitorium," in honor 
of his father. 

John Millet, the last of the Gloucester-born children of 
Thomas, married Sally George, whose father, Francis George, of 
Taunton, Mass., probably moved to Maine soon after the Revo- 
lution, in which he served with the Continental army. They 
were married in 1799. Their ten children were all born in Leeds. 
The oldest of these children, Joshua, born in 1803, was a promi- 
nent Maine divine. He entered Waterville College, and later 
went to the Newton Theological Institute, Mass., where he was 
graduated in 1835. The next year he became pastor of the Bap- 
tist church at Charlestown, Me. ; m 1838 he took charge of the 
Baptist Society at Cherryfield, and in 1844 was called to Wayne, 
where he lived until his death on March 10, 1848. While at 
Wayne he wrote the notable contribution to Maine history, "A 
History of the Baptists in Maine." His grave is at his birthplace 
in Leeds. He married Sophronia Howard of West Bridgewater, 
Mass. They had several children. Sophronia, the eldest, died 
in 1859. Their son, Joshua Howard, was educated at Waterville 
College and is a lawyer in Boston, Mass. George Lewis, their 
youngest child, served in the Civil War and died of typhoid 
fever in January, 1865, while in the service. 

The other children of John Millet were Seth (1805), John 
(1807), Ozias (1809), Catherine fi8ii), Polly (1813), Francis 
G. (1816), Betsey (1818), Sarah (1821), Amanda M. (1824). 
Not any of these are now living. Of the children, all except 
Seth left their native town and found homes elsewhere, many of 
them in Massachusetts. Seth, who remained in Leeds, lived the 
greater part of his life on a farm near the railroad on the road 
leading to Wayne, not far from his father's. There he reared 
a large family of children, Elmira, Matilda, Warren L., Joseph 
C, John R., William R., Lucy A., Eliza A., and Ella C. Those 
now living are widely separated and only one remain's in Leeds. 

Seth Millet was an industrious and respected citizen. He 
often held offices of trust, both in the town and in the church, of 
which he was a devoted member. He died in 1879. 

John went to West Bridgewater, Mass., where he married 
Elizabeth Holmes and afterwards lived, except a short time when 
he resided at Leeds on his father's farm. They had three children 
one of whom, the youngest, was born in Leeds. 

Ozias was a graduate of Waterville College and for several 
years thereafter was the principal of Hebron Academy. Resign- 
ing his position he returned to Leeds and took up his residence on 
his father's farm in which he became interested. While there he 




FRANCIS DAVIS MILLETT. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 49 

became one of the projectors of the raih'oad from Bath to Farm- 
ington, now a part of the Maine Central Railroad, and becommg 
a civil engineer was active in promoting and building it. While 
thus engaged he removed from Leeds and did not return to live. 
Later he became interested in mining and with his family went to 
Colorado, where he died, leaving a widow, a daughter, and a 
son. The latter, James O., was born in Leeds. 

Catherine married Rev. Wilson C. Ryder, A.M., then pastor 
of the Baptist Church in Leeds. In 1840-1 on account of ill 
health he resigned his pastorate and moved to Middleboro, Mass., 
his native town. They had four children of whom Wilson Clark- 
son, the eldest, was born in Leeds. 

Francis G. married Sarah Noyes, of South Abington, Mass., 
where he lived. They had two cliildren,'one of whom, a son, is 
now living. 

Betsey married Atwood B. Bumpus, of Hebron. Their only 
child is now the wife of Rev. Fred Hovey Allen, of Boston. 
Sarah married Nehemiah B. Bicknell, of Boston. They had one 
child. Amanda M. married Hiram Curtis, of Boston. There 
were no children. 

Benjamin [Millet, the youngest son of Thomas, and the first 
child of his parents born in Maine, married Cynthia Dyer, of 
West Bridgewater, Mass. Their four children were all born in 
Leeds. 

Betsey Millet, the other Maine-born child of Thomas, mar- 
ried Levi Foss, to whom she bore ten children. 

All told, the grandchildren of Thomas Millet numbered 52. 
Only a few descendants bearing the family name now live in 
Leeds. One of these, Herbert Millet, has his home on the old 
farm. 

Francis Davis Millett^ (Zebulon P.^, Thomas*, John^, 
Thomas-, Thomas^) was born in Leeds, Oct. i, 181 1. He was 
one of nine children of Zebulon P. and his wife, Deliverance 
(Rich) Millett. He was a life-long resident on the farm taken 
up by his father over a century ago. He was educated in the 
common schools of Leeds, to which he added a life of study and 
practical knowledge. He succeeded to the homestead and devoted 
himself to its cultivation and improvement. He erected thereon 
a modern, convenient, and imposing set of buildings nearly oppo- 
site those of his childhood. Mr. Millett was twice married. 
His first wife was Elethea. a daughter of Benjamin True, to 
whom he was married in December, 1835. She died in June, 
1841. In 1852 he married Lucina, born in Turner Jan. 9, 1819, a 
daughter of Otis and Lydia (Staples) Phillips, of Auburn. 
Their daughter and only child, Ella T., born in Leeds Aug. 6, 
1853, married Lot, a son of Luther L. Howard^, of Leeds, May 



50 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

lo, 1880. They have a son, an only child, Francis Davis Millett 
Howard, born Feb. 13, 1891. Mr. and Mrs. Howard succeeded 
to the home of Mr. Millett where they continue their residence. 
Mr. Millett joined the Free Will Baptist Church in 1864, and 
from 1866 to the time of his death was one of its deacons. He 
was a liberal and generous contributor to various religious and 
educational interests of the town. His worth was recognized by 
his townsmen, whose services they sought on their board of 
municipal officers, which position he filled with ability. He was 
unassuming, genial, kind in his manner, and had the esteem and 
respect of his townsmen. He died December 28, 1893, and his 
widow Oct. 31, 1900. 



DAXIEL LANE AND FAMILY. 

The Lane family is among the oldest in town, being fifth in 
the order of settlement. The head of the first family who bore 
the name was Daniel. He is introduced as , a resident of 

Gloucester, Alass., where he married Mary about 1764, 

and where several of his children were born. Many of the early 
settlers of Leeds were natives of that old town which has ever 
been noted for the intelligence of its inhabitants, who sprang 
from noble English familiesi They first moved to New Glouces- 
ter, which was ceded to that colony in 1735, thence to Little- 
borough. Most of them had been in active service in the Rev- 
olutionary War. Daniel Lane was one of them. He was taken 
prisoner and detained in Dartmoor Prison nearly two years. In 
his absence, his wife and children with relatives, removed to New 
Gloucester, and after his release he joined them there, and in 
1782 came to Leeds and settled near the center of the town. 
They had six sons and three daughters, to wit: Daniel, James, 
Giddings, Elias, Peter, Samuel, Mary, Judith, and Lydia. , The 
sons all settled on adjoining farms west of the south end of 
Androscoggin Lake except one, Elias, wdio in 1790, located on 
the place now occupied by his grandson, Davis F. Lothrop. 

1. Daniel, married Eunice Verrill and had six children, to wit: 

Joshua, Daniel, Eunice, Nancy, Lois, Mary. His wife 
died and he married Ruth Pratt, by whom he had ^Eliph- 
alet Gilman, ^Olive, ^Lorinda. 

2. James, born in Gloucester, Mass., Sept. 26, 1767; married in 

Leeds in 1793, Abigail, a daughter of Increase Leadbetter, 
born Oct. 29, 1774. They had issue : 

^ I. Phebe, b. July 23, 1793: m. John S. Gary and had 
issue John L., Orman and others, all of whom 
died in infancy. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 5 I 

2. Joanna, b. Oct. i8, 1794, m. Perez S. Jennings, and 
had issue Orville, (justavus A., Gessius F., Eliza 
A., Roscoe G., Rollin F. 

— 3. John, b. in Leeds Aug. 31, 1796. a farmer living 

most of his life in that town, m. April 20, 1823, 
Vesta Phillips, b. in Greene, Aug. 20, 1800. 
Their children were: .Charles Gary, George 
Bailey and Aljigail Rackley. 

1. Charles Gary, b. Nov. 7, 1832: m. Mary Jane, a 

daughter of Hon. Leavitt and Elizabeth (Lane) 
Lothrop, Dec. 25, 1855. To them one child 
was born, — ^Neva C, Dec. 7, 1856, who is a suc- 
cessful teacher in Oregon. Charles G. died, Oct. 
25, 1857- 

2. George Bailey, b. in Fayette, Feb. 16, 1833 ; m. 

Viola Ann, a daughter of Luther and Achsah 
(Pratt) Ramsdell, Oct. 24, 1858. To them 
three chiJdren were born, to wit: John, Justin 
Palmer and Kittie. 

1. John, b. Sept. 5, 1859, "^""'^^ ^ graduate of Water- 

ville Classical Institute. He m. Emma Foss, 
by whom he had a son, John Frank. He was 
engaged in teaching at Collegeville, Cal., and 
died there on his birthday, Sept. 5, 1883. 

2. Justin Palmer, b. Dec. 12, 1866; d. Feb. 16, 1885. 

3. Kittie, b. Feb. 27, 1875, was and is a successful 

teacher in the schools of her native and neigh- 
boring towns. She m. Ernest A. Russell Mar. 
24, 1894. Thev have one child, Eula, b. Feb. 
3, 1896. 
3. Abigail Rackley married John O. Palmer June 3, 
i860, and had issue Irving O., b. May 17, 1862; 
Justin A., b. Dec. 10, 1863 ; d. Aug. 20, 1865 ; 
Lottie L., b. April 10, 1869, d. young; George 
L., b. Aug. 9, 1871 ; Rosie E., b. Aug. 12, 1874, 
not living. Prof. Irving O. is a graduate of 
Colby and a successful teacher in Newtonville, 
Mass. He married Mary Gushing, of Skowhe- 
gan, and has issue Marie I., b. Sept. 13, 1892; 
Marjorie C, b. Nov. 30. 1898. 

— 4. Abigail, b. May 13. 1798; m. Stephen Rackley, had 

three children, all died in infancy. 
- 5. Aseneth, b. March 24, 1800; m. Dr. David Hale and 
had three children, Mary, Fessenden, and Flora. 

— 6. Eliza, b. May i, 1802; m. Nathaniel Perley. They 

had issue Peleg, John, Samuel F., and Eliza A. 



52 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

._--^ 7. Hannah, b. Nov. 15, 1804; m. Ammi Woodman. 
Their children were: Ellen, Clark, Abbie, 
Charles Aubry, Laura, and Hannah. 
^_,,-- 8. Eunice, b. April 20, 1807; never married. 
^^ 9. Columbus, b. March 23, 1809; m. first, Rachel Bill- 
ings, by whom he had one child, — Rosabel. 
Second, m. Abbie Perkins. No issue. He was 
a merchant in New Hampshire. 
10. Aklen, b. March 29. 1812 ; m. Mary Rackley and 
had issue Ellen, Eliza, Benjamin, and Josephine. 
He was several years proprietor of the Rocco- 
meco House, at Livermore Falls. 
^ II. James, b. June 2, 1816; m. Louisa Wyman and had 
three daughters, — Francina. Ella, and Avis. 
James, the father of the above 11 children, d. in 

Fayette, in January, 1862. 
Abigail, his wife, d. in Fayette, March 28. 1848. 

3. Giddings. nr. Jemima Norris, of Wayne, and had 12 children, 

to wit : Polly, Alpheus. Lydia, Jemima, Dorcas, Fannie, 
Giddings, Samuel, Susannah. Esther. Calvin, and Nancy. 

4. Elias, m. Mary Lawrence, and had issue Elizabeth, David, 

Warren and Alvin. 

5. Peter, m. first, Lois A>rrill, and their children were: Elipha- 

let, Issachar, David. Jesse. Judith and Lois; m. second, 
Grace Turner, to whom was born Semyntha, Peter, 
Joanna, Eunice. Benjamin Franklin, Charles and Harriet, 

6. Samuel, n^. first, Judith Verrill, who had no children. After 

her decease he m. Sarah Nye, who bore him Henry K., 
Samuel and Harriet. 

7. Mary, m. Stephen Rowe. of Danville, had several children, 

but the number and names are unknown to the writer. 

8. Judith, m. Capt. Daniel Jones, a Revolutionary soldier, who 

became a Leeds farmer. They had nine children. 

9. Lydia, m. Nathaniel Norcross, of Hallowell, and was the 

mother of nine children. 

Of the sons of Daniel Lane, Jr., the eldest son 

of Daniel, the pioneer. 
Joshua, the eldest, m. Mehitable Brett, by whom 

he had one son, who was a graduate of Bowdoin 

College. He was a Congregationalist minis- 
ter, and located in Iowa ; 
Eliphalet Gillman. second son. and only one by his 

secontl wife. m. a Miss Berry and settled on a 

ranch in Illinois. He died several years ago and 

little is known of his family. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 53 

Of the children of James, the second son of 
Daniel, Sen., mention has been made. Of the 
sons of Giddings, tliird son of Daniel, Sen., 

Alpheus, the eldest, m. tirst, Sarah Foss, and settled 
in Wayne, on the farm now occupied by Charles 
O. Graves. He subsequently was proprietor of 
the Pocasset House in the village, and finally 
removed to Milo, where he died. By his first 
wife he had two children, Sewall and Sarah, 
Sewall settled in Baliimore, married a lady from 
Virginia, and was a railroad conductor. Now 
dead. Alpheus married second, Betsey, a 
daughter of Capt. Roger Stinchfield, by whom 
he had five children, Roscoe, Waldo, Otis, Vir- 
ginia and Helen. Roscoe was a merchant in 
California, died there ; Waldo was a captain 
and lost his life in the Civil War ; Otis was a 
farmer in the town of Milo ; 

Giddings, Jr., second son of Giddings and brother 
of Alpheus, m. Cassandra, a daughter of Dr. 
Cyrus Benson, of Bridgewater, Mass. He was 
a valuable Inisiness man and took a deep interest 
in all pulilic enterprises of benefit to the people 
generally, and particularly to those of his native 
town. He filled many positions of honor and 
trust and discharged the duties ably and satis- 
factorily. To them were b. two sons, Cyrus 
Benson and Gustavus W. Cyrus B. was several 
years a merchant at North Monmouth. After 
returning to the home farm in Leeds, where he 
has since resided, he has officiated in several 
positions of trust in his municipality. He m. 
Lydia A., a daughter of Solomon L. and Hannah 
(Turner) Lothrop, bv whom he had a daughter, 
Cassandra B. (Mrs. C. C. Farmer.) 

Gustavus W., when a young man, was engaged 
in the manufacture of boots and shoes in Brock- 
ton, Mass. He m. Helen M. Snow, of that city, 
who died, leaving no issue. He later returned 
to Leeds and engaged in an extensive trade in 
groceries, grain and feed at the railroad station 
in the center of the town. He has held munici- 
pal and other important offices, and is interested 
in various industries tending to the improvement 
of the people in their several vocations. His 
second wife was Susan E., a daughter of Wil- 
lard and Emeline L. (Boothby) Lothrop. They 
have no issue. 



54 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Samuel, a brother of Giddings, Jr., was a mechanic. 
He m. Catharine Pingray and had one son, 
Alonzo. 

Calvin, also a brother of Giddings, Jr., m. Dul- 
cina Lothrop and settled in Carrol, Me. They 
had issue Erastus, Daniel, Esther, Francis and 
Clara. 

David, eldest son of Elias, m. Lydia Brewster, and 
had four children. He was a farmer. 

Warren, a brother of David, died at the age of 21 
years. 

Alvin, the only other brother of David, m. Lucy 
Mitchell, by whom he had one son, Orsan, who 
m. first, Susannah, and second, Viora, daughters 
of Rev. Samuel Boothby. Alvin m. second,; 
Mrs. Hannah Dunham, and by her had one 
daughter, Susan Scott. 

Eliphalet, eldest son of Peter, fifth son of Daniel 
the pioneer, m. Lydia Trask. by whom he had 
three sons and several daughters. The sons' 
names were : Eliphalet, Ebenezer and Franklin. 

Issachar, second son of Peter and brother of Eli- 
phalet, m. Dorcas, a daughter of Giddings, Sen., 
and Jemima (Norris ) Lane, and by her had three 
children, Rosamond (Mrs. Davis Francis), Ado- 
niram Judson, who m. Ann H., a daughter of 
Rev. Walter Foss, and Esther (Mrs. Eli N. 
Berry). Issachar was frequently one of the 
officers of his town and represented his district 
in the State Legislature. His son, A. J., is a 
farmer in Leeds and the father of seven children, 
Ada A.. Freemont, Willie E., Sadie E., Scott 
W., Allie and Issa. 

Davis, third son of Peter, was a clothier, which 
trade he followed in early life, but later settled 
on a farm about one mile easterly of Wayne vil- 
lage. He m. first, a Miss Hayward, who died 
without issue ; second, Mrs. Almira Spear, by 
whom he had three children, Almira, Olive and 
Davis. Davis is a dentist and resides in Hunt- 
ington, L. L 

Jesse, fourth son of Peter, m. Charlotte Jones, by 
whom he had two children, Emery and Davis 
He was a merchant in Leeds and died here sev- 
eral years ago. His sons both died when young, 
unmarried men. 




REV. THOMAS DAVIS FRANCIS. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 55 

Peter, fifth son of Peter and first son by his second 
wife, Grace Turner, was thirty-one years in the 
mercantile business in Portland, fifteen years of 
which he was a wholesale dealer in dry goods. 
He retired from business several years ago, and 
returned to Leeds, where he erected a fine set of 
l.)uildings on the farm formerly owned by his 
uncle, Daniel Lane, which he designated 
"Chapel Farm." He continues his residence there 
in affluence. He is far advanced in years, and 
in poor health, but retains an active interest in 
the business and political spheres of life. He 
married first, Lucretia P., a daughter of Hon. 
Stillman and Lydia (Lothrop) Howard. She 
died without issue. His second wife was Mary 
J., a daughter of Capt. James Palmer, of 
Brighton. To them was born a daughter who 
died in childhood. 

Benjamin P., sixth sou of Peter, Sen., m. a ]\Iiss 
Hammon, of Brunswick. He was a mechanic, 
and his residence, Lowell, Mass. 

Charles H., seventh son of Peter, Sen., m. first, 
Sarah Turner. He spent some time in Colorado 
where he accumulated an amount of property, 
much of which he lost through a bogus banking 
house, buying a draft in that state payable in 
New York. Since his return to Leeds, he has 
been engaged in trade at the center, but chiefly 
in farming. About 1890 or '91 his wife died 
without issue. In 1S93, he erected a set of build- 
ings on the Crummett place at Leeds Center, 
and in October, 1894, m. Mrs. Millie AL Wright, 
of Greene. They have no issue. 

It is a matter of regret that so little interest 
has lieen taken in this work by so many of the 
members of the Lane family, which accounts 
for the absence of important details so valuable 
in works of biography. 



FRANCIS FAMILY. 

The founder of this family was Thomas Davis Francis\ born 
in Hay, Breconshire County, South Wales, Nov. 23, 1764. When 
a lad of seven years of age he was sent to London to be educated 
in the schools of that city, and at the same time apprenticed to 
Doctor Williams, an apothecary and surgeon. At the age of ten 
years he ran away from the doctor and traveled on foot to his 



56 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

home in Hay. a distance of nearly one hundred miles He was at 
once returned by his mother and again placed under the doctor's 
charge, where he continued for three years more, wdien he again 
ran away and hired as cabin boy on board a vessel bound to the 
Southern Ocean to make an observation on the transit of \'enus. 
On returning to England, he enlisted on board the King's ship 
bound to the Island of Jamaica with a cargo of military stores. 
This voyage completed, he again enlisted on an English man-of- 
war vessel, and, with that vessel, was captured by the American 
ship Black Prince, commanded by Richard Crowninshield. He 
and his shipmates were confined in irons and nearly devoured by 
lice. On application to the commodore, who was moved with 
sympathy for the youth, his shackles were removed and permis- 
sion given him to mingle and labor with the sailors of the Black 
Prince who manned the captured man-of-war vessel and took her 
into an American port (presumably Boston), where they landed 
in May, 1778. The succeeding fall, this vessel was impressed 
into the American service, sent to the Maine coast to aid in driv- 
ing the British from the Penobscot, and young Francis, having 
sworn allegiance to the cause of America, acted in the capacity 
of "captain of the top" in the engagement at Castine that soon 
followed, in which this vessel was an active participant. Soon 
after this engagement, having proceeded up the Penobscot River 
to near where the city of Bangor is now situated, and being 
hemmed in and pursued by a superior force of Red Coats, the 
vessel was abandoned, blown up and sunk in that river. 

The crew escaped in the woods and set out through the wilder- 
ness for Falmouth ( Portland ) z'ia the Kennebec and Androscog- 
gin valleys. For the first three days they were piloted by Indians 
and then abandoned to find their way as best they could. At the 
end of fourteen days of toilsome wandering, they came to a set- 
tlement where the city of Augusta is now located. From there 
their course lay through Winthrop, Greene and Lewiston to New 
Gloucester, where they at last arrived — tired, foot-sore and 
nearly famished. In describing this journey Mr. Francis said, 
"We were so destitute and himgry that, on one occasion, I stole 
a Bible and gave it to a Dutchman for a dinner, and then stole it 
from him to barter again when hiuiger should press." In New 
Gloucester the crew rested and were refreshed at the home of 
Thomas Stinchfield, the pioneer settler of Leeds, w'hose sympathy 
for the fatigued and foot-sore soldier boy wdthout home or rela- 
tives, moved him to tender the lad a place in his family. This 
proposition he rejected and accompanied the crew to Gray. Des- 
titute of shoes and other necessities, with no prospect of an itnme- 
diate supply or betterment of his condition, he decided to return 
to Stinchfield's, and when installed in his family gave up his 
roving propensity and decided to settle down to quiet life. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 57 

He attended the school of New Gloucester in the winters of 
1778-9 and 1779-80, and when the families of Thomas and 
Rogers Stinchfield came to Leeds he accompanied them, being 
one of the young men mentioned in tlie account given in another 
place in this work of the journey of the first settlers to their 
homes in the wilderness. He it was who came in the boat 
with Marshfield Paul from the mouth of the twenty-mile stream 
up the Androscoggin to the mouth of Dead River, and down 
that to the lone cabins of the previous day, now enlivened by the 
songs of the ladies and merry chatter of the children, echoed 
along the river banks — a memorable welcome to the new home. 
Outside the members of the families of Thomas and Rogers 
Stinchfield, Francis was the third white person to dwell in Little- 
borough ; while Jirah Fish, who came in the fall of 1780, and 
whose log house was built near where White's mill now stands, 
was the head of the third family to settle therein. Thomas Millett 
came the same fall, built a log house on the farm where Herbert 
Millett now lives, made a cut-down, and in the spring of 1781 
came again to make a l)urn, plant corn and potatoes, and 
brought his family in the time of harvest. These four families 
were sufficiently numerous to constitute a school of a goodly 
number of children, and Francis was established the first tutor 
in the plantation of Littleborough. He thus continued as the 
instructor of these children during term time, being employed 
the remainder of the year in the clearing of land taken up by 
Stinchfield in whose family he lived. Extending from the Lake 
to the Androscoggin River, and 160 rods in width, adjoining the 
south line of Livermore, constituted the land claim of Thomas 
Stinchfield. This he divided into fou'- lots, retaining the easterly 
portion for himself, the second to his wife's son, Marshfield Paul, 
the third to Thomas D. Francis, and the fourth, adjoining the 
Androscoggin River, to Isaac Freeman, a son-in-law, who mar- 
ried his daughter, Martha (called Patty). 

The lot that went to Marshfield Paul, who made extensive 
clearings and later built a frame house thereon, was subsequently 
purchased by Piarnabas Howard, and is now the property of 
W. Henry Francis. When opportunity offered during the year 
1783, Stinchfield and his older boys aided young Francis in clear- 
ing land on his lot and in building a house and hovel on the 
premises. In July, 1784. he married Eunice, born in New 
Gloucester Sept. 2^,, 1764, the eldest child of Thomas and Eunice 
(Parsons) Millett. To have the marriage service performed they 
were obliged to go to New Gloucester, the bride-elect on horse- 
back, the groom on foot, tracing their wav by spotted trees. 
Teaching school the following winter, in the spring of 1785 he 
removed his wife and son, Thomas. Jr.. to the log house on the 
farm where he continued his residence the remainder of his long 



58 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

and useful life, dying May 9, 1836; and his widow, Eunice, Dec. 
24, 1852. 

As a noted theologian, his church record is portrayed in this 
work in a chapter devoted to churches. In this connection 
and as a local statesman he exerted :i salutary and powerful efifect 
in molding the institutions and giving character to the town. For 
a long series of years he was clerk and chairman of the municipal 
board of officers of Leeds, and its first representative (in 1804) to 
the General Court. For a time he was in the State Senate and 
stood the peer of the ablest in that body. In the War of 1812 
he was appointed chaplain of a regiment and was a strong 
supporter of the government cause. During his long pastorate 
connection with the church, it is said that he never had a salary. 
His influence was exerted for the benefit of the early settlers of 
the town, and their difl^erences were satisfactorilyadjustedby him. 
During life, he was much loved and respected, and his memory 
is revered by the town in which he lived so long and well. To 
them were born fourteen children, who. with one exception, grew 
to man and womanhood. They made useful, respectable and 
respected citizens, and many of them have been prominent in 
public life, which duties they discharged ably and conscientiously. 
They were, viz. : 

Thomas-, Jr., born Jan. 26, 1785; died Jan. 2^, 1869; 

John-, born Dec. 2, 1787: died Sept. 23, 1864; 

Mark-, born Oct. 7, 1789; died Oct. 2, 1864; 

Davis-, born April 9, 1791 ; died March 19, 1830; 

Esther'-,, born June 6, 1793: died Dec. 22, 1813; 

Evmice- and Lois, twins, born Dec. 9, 1794; Eunice died Dec. 
18. 1862; Lois, Dec. 12, 1794; 

Matilda-, born Oct. 9, 1796; died ; 

Betsey-, born Oct. 10, 1798; died Aug. 24, 1816; 

Polly-, born July 28, 1800: died March 15, 1813; 

Susanna C.-, born Aug. 9, 1892; died ; 

Benjamin-, born Oct. 31, 1804; died June 3, 1884; 

Samuel-, lx)rn Aug. 23, 1806; died Feb. 11, 1889; 

Lorania-, l)orn June 13, t8o8; died Sept. 30, 1831 : 

The eldest child, Thomas, Jr.-, was a man of letters and of 
sterling worth to the town, filling many offices of trust. He 
married Alice, born April 4, 1795, a daughter of Daniel and 
Dolly ( Whiting) Lothrop, one of the very early settlers of Little- 
borough, whose place of location was near where the buildings 
of Greenwood C. Gordon now stand. He brought his wife to 
the home of his father where they continued their residence 
during the remainder of their lives. He was a member of the 
First Baptist Church in Leefls over which his father so long 
exercised a fostering care. He was a kind and accommodating 
neighbor, a pleasant and indulgent husband and father, and much 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 59 

respected by the citizens. They had but two children, a son and 
daughter, viz. : Davis", born Nov. 2, 1823 ; and ]\Iary^, born April 

I, 1833; 

Davis^, the son, married first, Rosamond, born March 2S. 
1827, a daughter of Isaacher- and Dorcas Lane. He in turn, 
brought his wife to the paternal homestead where, for years, three 
generations of the Francis family lived in peace and happiness. 
Here Davis^ was born and passed his life on the place cleared 
by his grandfather, tilled by his father and highly prized by 
himself. In early manhood he was a teacher in the schools of 
his native and neighboring towns. In the time of the Civil War 
an act requiring the organization of the State militia was passed, 
and, in conformity therewith, a meeting of the three towns of 
Monmouth, Leeds, and Greene was called and held in the church 
yard near Greene Corner. At that meeting organization was made 
and the two most important officers were elected from the ranks 
of the Leeds boys — Davis Francis'' ^o the office of Captain, and 
the writer to the office of Lieutenant. From this organization a 
selected company was subject to government call. He held 
offices of trust in his town successively as clerk and one of the 
board of selectmen. December 24, 1863, his wife died, leaving a 
family of six small children. In 1865 he married Julia Ann Fer- 
nald. whose maiden name was True. She was born Jan. 12, 1835. 
He died August 29, 1883, ^t the age of sixty years, and was 
mourned by a large and sympathetic circle of friends. His wife, 
who bore him one son, died in the fall of 1876. The children 
of Davis^ and Rosamond Francis were : 

Wallace L.^, born ]\Iay 12, 1850; 

Frederick D.*, born May 11, 1852; died Sept. 23, 1859; 

B. Franklin*, born Dec. 9, 1854; died April 12, 1880; 

Thomas Edwin*, born March 18. 1857: died Sept. 18, 1874; 

Rosa Lena*, born April 14. 186 1 : died Xov. 30, 1891 ; 

Fremont Davis*, born Aug. 23, 1863 ; died Feb. 16, 1864. 

Of Davis and Julia Ann : 

Fred E.*. born Oct. 7, 1874. 

Wallace L.*, the only remaining child of Davis^ and Rosamond 
Francis, married in 1879. Georgia A., born in Concord, N. H., 
June 8, 1859. a daughter of John G. and Hester A. (Haskell) 
Francis. They have issue two daughters, viz. : 

Gard Rosamond, born Feb. 29. 1880; 

Gladys Hester, born Jan. 5, 1883. 

He passed his boyhood days on the old Francis farm in Leeds, 
that on which his great-grandfather settled. W'hen he arrived at 
manhood he engaged in the hotel business in Auburn, continuing 
therein several years. He was later a merchant at East Liver- 
more ]\[ills where he did an extensive and prosperous business. 
After the decease of his step-mother and the failing health of his 



6o HISTORY OF LEEDS 

father, duty called him back to the old homestead where he 
remained until the decease of his father, which occurred in 1883, 
when he exchanged the farm with Charles Lane for a store and 
stock of goods at Leeds Center (formerly called Lothrop's Cor- 
ner ) . where by his kindly, genial- ways and honest dealings he 
built up and still holds a very large and lucrative trade. Through 
the changes of administration he has held the office of postmaster 
and discharged the duties of that office to the satisfaction of its 
patrons. He is a prominent member of the orders of F. A. M., 
O. F., and J. O. A. M. 

His half-brother, Fred E. Francis, was a lad of eight years at 
the time of his father's decease, and the care of his education, 
home instruction and guidance, was assumed by the elder brother, 
In the store and business connected therewith he obtained a good 
practical knowledge of trade, fitting him for mercantile life. In 
August, 1900, he married Alice Foster and resides in East Bos- 
ton, Mass. 

Marv H.-. the only daughter of Thomas, Jr.. and Alice 
(Lothop) Francis, never married, and remained at home w'ith 
her parents and brother Davis until liis death, when she made her 
home with her nephew, Wallace L.. where she died July 25, 1893. 
John-, the second child of Rev. Thomas and Eunice (Millett) 
Francis, and his brother Samuel, were both adopted by their 
uncle, Thomas Millett, wdio had no children of his own, and 
heired his property, the real estate being that (now owned by 
Herbert Millett) later owned by Rev. Samuel Boothby. In 
November, 1809, he married Patience Parcher. by whom he had 
three children, a son and two daughters, viz.: Sewall, born Sept. 
18, 1811; died Aug. 22, 1814: Esther, born June 26, 1815, and 
Orissa Helen, born May 20, 1828. Esther married in Kentucky 
a gentleman whose surname was Francis. Orissa never married 
and remained at home. 

During the time of his residence therein few people who have 
lived in the town of Leeds were in public service more than Capt. 
John Francis. He was a man of commanding appearance and 
rare executive ability. As a militarv officer he was particular and 
exacting, yet highly respected by his men. His general knowl- 
edge and practical common sense made him a desirable associate 
on the board of education, and of sterling worth in the discharge 
of the municipal affairs of the town. In 1836 he went west and 
settled in Minnesota. At the close of a useful life, twenty-eight 
years of which were spent in that state, he died Sept. 23, 1864. 

Mark^, the third child of Thomas\ was never married and 
spent his single life on the parental farm. To him is due the honor 
and praise of always being on the premises and attending to the 
routine labors of farm life. He died in the harness Oct. 2, 1864. 
He was much respected bv friends and neighbors. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 6l 

Davis-, the fourth child, remained at home and never married. 
But little has been learned of his life. He died when compara- 
tively young, ]\Iarch 19, 1830. 

Esther'-, the next in the list, died Dec. 22. 1813, at the age of 
20 years. 

Eunice- and Lois- were twins, but the latter lived but three 
days. Eunice was a maiden lady and spent her life on the farm 
where she was born, dying Dec. 18, 1862. 

Matilda, the eighth child of Thomas, married Ansel Turner in 
August, 1832, and settled in Leeds on the place now occupied by 
Henry Pettingill. She was his second w'ife, the first being her 
sister, Lorania. To her Avas born one son, Thomas Francis Tur- 
ner, April 26, 1833. He became an M.D. in a neighboring state 
and acquired some notoriety. After his father's decease he 
returned to Leeds, and disposing of the farm, purchased that 
now ow'ned by W. Henry Francis and constructed a fine house 
thereon. 

The inducement to procure that place was an ambiguous 
one — first, to gratify his mother's desire to spend the remainder of 
her days beside the home of her childhood she loved so well, and 
the beautiful site and valuable soil of wdiich that elevation of 
land is composed. He died Dec. 26, 1876. The date of his 
mother's death has not been obtained. 

Betsey-, the next child of Thomas D.^ died Aug. 24, 1816, 
when near 18 years of age. 

Mary-, called Polly, tenth child of Thomas D., died March 
15, 181 3, at the early age of 12 years. 

Susanna C", whose numerical position was eleven, married 
Cyrus Knapp, M.D., in January, 1829. Doctor Knapp was a 
son of Ziba Knapp", a brother of Joseph^, sons of Joseph^, early 
settlers of Leeds. He graduated from the medical department of 
Bowdoin College in the class of 1825. In 1827 he located in 
practice in Winthrop, where he acquired a high reputation as a 
physician. Ini838, he changed his location to Augusta, and was 
subsequently appointed to the office of Superintendent of the 
Insane Asylum. From thence he went to Rochester, N. Y., and 
there made for himself a name amongst those of the most emi- 
nent physicians in the nation. Unfortunately, further details of 
Susanna's family have not been obtained. 

Benjamin-, whose name follows that of Susanna C, was 
endowed by nature with both physical and mental structures of a 
superior order, which, ever exercised in the farm labors on the 
old homestead, secured to him a long lease of life and one that 
the citizens of Leeds can point to wn'th a good degree of pride 
and honor. A single man — unburdened by family cares — books 
occupied much of his attention that otherwise would have been 
bestowed. His native ability, superior judgment, high sense of 



62 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

right and unquestionable veracity, io which he added a general 
and practical education — those qualities so essential in the faith- 
ful, impartial and successful discharge of the duties of municipal 
offices and many other public positions of trust, were early recog- 
nized by his townsmen, and his long and varied terms of service 
in the several municipal departments of his native town bespeak 
his sterling worth. He died in his 8oth year June 3. 1884. 

Samuel L.-, the youngest son of Thomas D. Francis\ was 
adopted by his Uncle Thomas and Matilda (Knapp) JNIillett. who 
had no children of their own. In 1833, he married first, Sarah S., 
born Jan. 25, 1806, a daughter of Joshfia M. and Lucy (Page) 
True. His life work was that of a farmer. Some time subse- 
quent to the death of his uncle, whose adopted son he was, which 
occurred in 1834, he changed his location and for many years 
resided on a farm near North Turner bridge. Thence he 
removed to the present residence of his son, William Henry, 
where he died Feb. 11, 1889. His first wife died Feb. 3, 1837, 
leaving a small child — having buried another but a few weeks 
previous. He later married her sister, Naomi P. True, born 
Feb. II. 1815; who died Oct. 12. 1881. 

To Samuel L. and Sarah S. Francis were born: 

Susan JNIaria. ]March 5. 1834: died Jan. 29, 1837; and William 
Henry, born Jan. 12, 1836. 

To Samuel L. and Naomi P. Francis were born : 

Page True, Feb. 12, 1843, ^^id John Adams, Jan. 10, 1850. 
On, or about, Jan. i, 1859, William Henry married Zipporah L., 
born Sept. 8, 1835, a daughter of Esquire Ulmer and Louise H. 
(Merrill) Perly, of Livermore. Their residence was the same 
as that of his father. Not unlike the earlier members of the 
family, he was not wanting in native wit nor shrewd business 
capacity ; yet, never swerving from an honorable position in his 
dealings, or departing from the course of truth and veracity, he 
sustains the confidence and esteem of his townspeople whom he 
has served in an official capacity. He is one of the neat and tidy 
farmers of Leeds, aided by a worthy and estimable helpmeet. 
They have issue Samuel P. and Ulmer P., twins, born Oct. 23, 
1859; Augustus S., born Nov. 17, 1864; Louise H., born Nov. 
15, 1874, and Millie B., born June 7, 1880. 

Samuel P. married Lucy, a daughter of Capt. Fernando Foss ; 
settled and now resides at North Leeds on the farm taken up by 
Increase Leadbetter. (Their children are omitted for want of 
information which was earnestly sought.) 

Ulmer P. married Nellie, a daughter of L. Clark and Mary 
Ann (Gott) Leadbetter, of Wayne; settled and now resides on the 
farm of his Grandfather Perly in Livermore. They have no 
issue. 

Augustus S. married Ida A. Sarner, born in Stockholm, 



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Sweden. Their children are Frankhn, born July 22, 1893; Roy 
P., born July 9. 1896; Percy W., born Aug. 2, 1897; died Aug. 
10, 1898; Herbert Henry, born April 17, 1900. Reside in St. 
Paul, A [inn. 

Louise H. married John Know Iton, of East Livermore. They 
have issue Harry Hale, born Dec. 30, 1893 ; Carrie Denning, born 
Sept. 9, 1897. 

Millie Bursely married Nathan xVIerrill, of Turner. To them 
was born Perley L., July 2, 1900. 

Page True^, the eldest son of Samuel L.- and Naomi P. 
(True) Francis, profited by the advice of "Horace Greeley' 'and 
went west. He subsequently settled in Graford, Nebraska, and in 
1882 married Betty Johnson. Their children are : Frank, Grace, 
Louise, and Ruth, whose respective ages are 18, 14, 10, and 8 
years. (1901.) 

John Adams-, the other child of Samuel L.- and Noami^ P., 
resides in Montana. It is said of him that he married there, but 
of his family the writer is not informed. 

Lorania-, the youngest child of Thomas D.^ and Eunice 
(Millett) Francis, married Ansel Turner in November, 1829. 
They settled in Leeds. Sept. 30, 183 1, she died, leaving no issue. 

The foregoing sketch of one of the earliest and perhaps as 
prominent as any of the families in the discharge of official 
duties in the town, although produced under certain difficulties, 
has not been colored or blazoned by vain imagination, and such 
errors as have appeared in former accounts have been carefully 
corrected or eliminated. 



BISHOP FAMILY. 

The earliest ancestors in this country of the Bishop families in 
Winthrop, Monmouth, Wayne, Leeds, and other New England 
towns of whom we have knowledge was Edward, who resided in 
Salem, Mass., as early as 1639. The church records of that city 
show that he was a member thereof in 1645 ; and the city records 
are evidence that he was constable in 1660. He died in that place 

in 1695. His son, Edward second, married Hannah . 

lived in Beverly, but subsequently moved to Salem where he died 
in the year 1705. Among the historic events in Salem are 
recorded the drastic crimes committed by that unholy man of 
God, Cotton Mather, and his associate rulers, in their false accu- 
sations of the poor, innocent victims of their hatred who dared to 
assert diametrical religious views. Imprisonment and various 
inhuman methods of punishment were instituted for witch-craft, 
or casting out devils, and finally death upon the gallows was the 
penalty they sufifered for the freedom of their faith. A blot will 



64 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

ever remain on the pages of history of that municipahty. The 
first victim of that tyrant power was Bridget Bishop, the second 
wife of Edward second, which occurred June 10, 1692. 

Edward third was born in Salem in 1648. He married Sarah 
Wildes ; was a farmer, a native of Salem, in which place he lived. 
He was present at the hearing in April, 1692, given Sarah Cloyce 
accused of witch-craft ; and hearing John, an Indian servant in 
the family of Samuel Parris, the minister, who was her accuser, 
give false testimony against her, cured that servant by a good 
flogging and declared his belief that he could likewise cure the 
whole company thus afflicted. For this both he and his wife were 
imprisoned. With the overthrow of that tyrant, priestly power, 
they were released, and in 1693 moved to Rehoboth, Mass., where 
he died May 11, 171 1. In his will mention is made of Jonathan 
fourth, born in the year 1686. He married Abigail Avery. The 
date of his death is unknown to the writer but his will was pro- 
bated April 7, 1725. Gould Bishop, son of Jonathan fourth, was 
born in Rehoboth, Mass., March 25, 1712. He married Mary 

, March 15, 1732. Two of the sons of Gould and j\Iary 

Bishop, Squire and Zadock, settled in the District of Maine, the 
former in Winthrop and the latter at New Meadows, a part of 
Brunswick. Scjuire was born in Rehoboth Nov. 4, 1733. He 
married Patience Titus and settled in Winthrop, Me., obtaining 
the grant of lot of land No. 17 in the Pond town plantation, June 
II, 1766. His family, consisting of wife and six children, came 
the following spring and his was the second family to settle in that 
town. He was the first inn-keeper in Winthrop, and for several 
years the town meetings, beginning with that of organization, were 
lield in his home. He held several offices of responsibility and trust 
in that town and there died Sept. 6, 1801, and his wife April 21, 
1802, where they were both buried. 

Zadcck was born in Rehoboth April 24, 1749, and married 
Mary Rawson Feb. 28. 1770. Soon after his marriage Zadock 
went to New Meadows and, according to the history of Mon- 
mouth, he came to Monmouth from that town. While he was at 
New Meadows a son, Jonathan, was born. Zadock did not see 
him until years afterward, when he lived in Leeds, and then did 
not know him until informed of his identity. 

Soon after the birth of the son, Mary died. A few years after 
his wife's death Zadock returned to Rehoboth and from there 
moved to Swansea, where he married Elizabeth, a sister to Nathan 
Hale. After their marriage, Zadock with his wife, returned to 
New Meadows, thence to Monmouth in the year 1781-82; and to 
quote from the history of that town, "Zadock Bishop built his 
cabin near the Moody Stream in North Monmouth about twenty 
rods south-east of the south wing of the mill dam. When Gen. 
Dearborn built his mill at East Monmouth he backed the water 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 65 

up until it covered Bishop's farm almost to his door-step. 'Hey,' 
said the old man, 'they've flowed me out as they v^ould a mus- 
quash,' and gathering his household effects he made a bee-line to 
the highest elevation in the town of Leeds. . . . One thing 
is certain, he was not driven from his strong-hold by the backing 
up of a mill stream." Another thing may be said, although it was 
a high elevation it is not the highest m Leeds. The place of his 
location in Leeds is that where his grandson, George Bishop, now 
resides, and the year of his removal there was 1783. How long 
he lived at Swansea or New Meadows we have not as yet 
learned, but only ten years at most could have elapsed from the 
time he left Rehoboth until we find him by the stream in North 
Monmouth. To Zadock and Elizabeth Bishop nine children were 
born, viz. : Joseph, Welcome, Jesse, Squier, Mary, Lydia, Zadock, 
James, and Cyrus. Welcome, their second son, was born June 21, 
1774. He married Betsey Lindsey and they had one son, James. 
James w^as a preacher and he confined himself so closely to his 
holy work he was called to leave it at an early age. 

Jesse, the third son of Zadock and Elizabeth, was born June 
12, 1776. He moved to Wayne and married Patience Titus; his 
wife died March 3, 1863, and Jesse followed June 23, 1864. The 
children of Jesse were Demas. Mary H., Squire, Jesse, Naaman, 
Savilla Ann, Jonathan G., Nathan, and Samuel T. Demas 
born April 7, 1801 ; married Isabelle Farnham in February, 1823; 
lived and died in West Peru. Mary H., born March 27, 1802; 
married Benjamin Lovejoy December, 1827 ; lived and died 
in Peru. Squire, born April 10, 1806; married Hannah 
Morey, November, 1827; lived and died in Wayne; Jesse, 
born April 29, 1808; married Lucy Maxim June, 1834; lived 
and died in Wayne on the place settled by his father, Jesse, in 
1805. Naaman, born Jan. i, 181 1; married Mary Ridlon 
August, 1823 ; lived and died in Leeds. Savilla Ann, born 
Jan. 25, 1813; married John Burgess January. 1834; lived 
and died in Peru. Jonathan G., born Feb. 29, 1816; married 
Margaret W. Clark July 4, 1846; died in Sangerville. 
Nathan, born Aug. 18, 1818; married Harriet E. Tobin, July, 
1845. His second wife was Mrs. Lucy Chisolm. He lived and 
died in South Boston. 358 Dorchester Street. Samuel T., 
born May 18, 1821 ; married Julia True May, 1845. He lived and 
died in Wayne. 

Squier, son of Zadock and Elizabeth, was born Sept. 8, 1780. 
We have not learned much concerning him. Mary was bom 
April 24, 1783. She did not marry. Lydia. born in Leeds 
Oct. 12, 1785; married Thomas Graffam. of Leeds, and was the 
grandmother of George T. Howe, of Leeds Junction — the veteran 
brick-maker. Zadock was born July 19, 1788. James was born 
Aug. 5, 1793, and Cyrus March 5, 1797. 



66 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Joseph, the eldest son of Zadock and Elizabeth Bishop, was 
born Sept. 24, 1772. He married Jane Turner and lived on the 
old homestead in Leeds. They lived to a good old age ; Jane died 
March 15, 1857, and Joseph followed her Feb. 11, 1863. They 
had nine children : Phebe, Abial, Elizabeth, Joseph, Amos, Walter, 
Zadock, Nathan and George. Phebe, born Jan. 6, 1798; 
married Jarius Manuel and lived and died in North Monmouth. 
Abial D. was born Dec. 31, 1799. He married Dorcas Lindsey 
and lived on a farm adjoining that of his father. Seven children 
v^ere born to them: Luvernia, who v^^as born Nov. 3, 1826; mar- 
ried Arza Gilmore Sept. 15, 1846; married Solomon Brewster 
Aug. 15, 1858. Charles, born Jan. 6, 1829; died unmarried Dec. 
14. 1869. Sylvia, born April, 1832; died July 27, 1854; unmar- 
ried. Mary, born May 5, 1835; married David Trask; married 
Charles Lindsey ; lived in Leeds and died there April 4, 1890. 
Harriet, born in 1836, died an infant. Aluria and Angelia, 
born Sept. 8, 1838. Aluria married William Canwell and lives in 
North Monmouth ; Angelia married H. M. Brewster, of Leeds. 
Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph and Jane Bishop, born Sept. 17, 
1802; married Steve Foy; lived in Canton and died there in 1853. 
Joseph, son of Joseph and Jane Bishop, born Sept. 17. 1802; 
married Jemima Norris, of Wayne, in March, 1825 ; their 
children were Julia, born June 13, 1825 ; married Loring Roberts 
and now lives in Greenwood, Me. Nathan N., born 1827; died in 
infancy. Adeline, born Oct. 5, 1822; died 1847. Lendall, born 
Jan. 29, 1833 ; married and resides in St. Johnsbury, Vt. Mahala, 
born April 14, 1834; married Wm. C. Lincoln and now lives in 
Wayne. Has six children. Octavia J., born Jan. 11, 1839; died 
Sept 12, 1890; married Jacob Davis, of New Gloucester, had two 
daughters. Francina J., born Jan. ii, 1839; now Mrs. Emmons; 
lives in West Paris, Me. Amos H., son of Joseph and Jane, 
born July 13, 181 1; married Eliza Burgess May 9, 1836. 
Nine children were born. Eliza died Dec. 14, 1871. 

Amos married Mary Thompson; lie died Oct. 11, 1873. The 
children of Amos and Eliza were : Amos Bradford, born Nov. 3, 
1837 ; married Elmina Wheeler and lives in Winthrop. They 
have six children living. Erastus, son of Amos and Eliza, born 
May 5, 1839. He enlisted in Company I, Second Maine Cav- 
alry, at the breaking out of the Civil War, was Sergeant of his 
company and was stationed at Barrancos, Fla. He contracted a 
fever and returned home only to stay three weeks ; the fever 
proved fatal and he died on his birthday, 1865. Roxanna L., their 
only daughter, born Feb. 9, 1841 ; married Aleck Mank ; lived 
in Fayette and died there Nov. i, 1892. George T. was born 
May 4, 1843. Henry H., born April 7, 1845 ; married Julia Jack- 
son Dec. 21, 1872; occupation, farmer in Winthrop, Me.; they 
have one daughter, Bertha, born Dec, 25, 1873. 




GEORGE T. BISHOP. 



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Winfield Scott, born June 2.2, 1847; married Elvira Rackley 
May II, 1869. Their children are: Clifton D., born May 15, 
1873 ; married Ella Smith and lives in Columbia Falls. Glen C, 
born June 9, 1876; married Melvin Libby and lives at Leeds 
Junction; Xedd R., born Dec. 30, 1879; married Myrtle Grant; 
have one child, Reginald S., born Feb. 21, 1901. Laura E., 
born Jan. 27, 1886. Horace W., son of Amos and Eliza, born 
Sept. I, 1849; died unmarried May 13, 1884. 

Zadock, son of Joseph and Jane Bishop, born May 14, 
1815; married Emily Lothrop, of Leeds, and his occupation 
was that of a farmer in Carroll, Me. ; he died Dec. 22, 1893. They 
had eight children: Frank P., born Feb. 23, i860; occupation, 
lumberman in Minnesota. George R., born Sept. 8, 1863 ; lumber- 
man in Carroll, Me. Ellen W., born Aug. 24, 1848; died Dec. 
-27, 1853. Emma L., born Dec. 26, 1854; married W. H. Brown, 
Carroll, Me. Ellouisa, born May 13, 1857; married R. H. 
Staples; died June 21, 1900. Clara I., born March 31, 1867; 
married James Grant, farmer in Montreal, Quebec. Jennie W., 
born Dec. 19, 1869; married B. B. Lindsey. of Carroll, Me. 

Nathan, son of Joseph and Jane Bishop, born Nov. 10, 
1818 ; married Lucy Skillings March 6, i860, and lived in North 
Monmouth at the time of his death ni 1893. The greater part of 
his life was spent in North Monmouth. Six children were born 
to them : Ellen W., born Feb. 10, 1862 ; Alice M., born Oct. 6, 
1865 ; Emily E., born July 25, 1867 ; married George McKenney 
Feb. 17, 1896; lives in Gardiner. Emery N., born March 24, 
1874 ; farmer on the homestead in North Monmouth. Twin sons 
born March 21, 1877, ^^^^ in infancy. 

George, youngest son of Joseph and Jane, born March 4, 
182 1 ; married Susan Lowell Feb. 27, 1827, and lives on the 
place cleared and made habitable by his grandfather, Zadock 
Bishop. It was at this place the first house was built on "Bishop 
Hill." The six children of George and Susan Bishop were 
Joseph P., born Nov. 25. 1852; he has been and is an energetic, 
successful business man ; his home is in Winthrop. Walter, born 
Jan. 6, 1855 ; occupation, farmer in Monmouth. Rosilla, born 
Sept. 6, 1857 ; married Cyrus Howe, a farmer in Leeds ; died 
August, 1898. Anna L., born May 22, 1862 ; married Fred Pink- 
ham, a blind and sash manufacturer in Augusta. Emery B., born 
Nov. 6, 1858; died in infancy. Georgia L., born Sept. 4, 1869; 
married Morris Shapeiro, a traveling salesman ; died Nov. 16, 
1899. 

BIOGRAPHY OF GEORGK T. BISHOP. 

G. T. Bishop, the subject of this sketch, was born in Leeds 
May 4, 1843. He remained on the farm with his father until 
eig-hteen vears of age and had the advantages of a common school 



68 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

education. When the Civil War broke out he yielded to the 
patriotic spirit which took possession of so many men of our 
country and enlisted in Company I of the 23d Maine Volunteers. 
For nine months he underwent all the privations and hardships 
of war : he was made Corporal of his company only a little while 
before his term of enlistment expired. At the expiration of his 
term he enlisted again, but yielding to the entreaties of his 
mother, he got his discharge on the ground that he was still 
under age. He then returned home but remained only a short 
time before he went to Lew^iston where he worked at several 
trades. It was here he met Aliss Julia Byron, whom he after- 
ward married in the year 1869. He remained in that city about 
a year and then obtained employment on what was then the 
Androscoggin Railroad between Lewiston and Brunswick, and 
afterward he went from Lewiston to Farmington ; served as 
either engineer, fireman or conductor until the fall of 1873, when 
he was called home by the death of his father. At the settlement 
of his father's estate he bought out the several heirs and the 
homestead w-as his own. Since then he has labored diligently 
and has added to it nearly all the farm that formerly belonged 
to Abial Bishop. For a time he was engaged quite extensively 
in the cattle business and his was the first carload of cattle that 
was shipped over the Sandy River Railroad. In later years he 
engaged in lumbering and as in all other business he has under- 
taken, was successful in this. 

His interest has always been closely connected with that of his 
native town and for eight successive years served as one of the 
selectmen, and for three of those years was chairman of the board. 
He worked continually for the good of the town and after making 
several much needed repairs and with its business in a flourishing 
condition, resigned his office. 

Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Bishop : Weston H., 
born July 18, 1873; remains with his father on the farm and has 
been closely allied with the schools of the town, part of the time 
as a teacher and afterward as Superintendent and a member of 
the School Committee; Florrie M., born July 8, 1876; is a grad- 
uate of Maine Wesleyan Seminary and Farmington Normal 
School. She is a successful teacher, having taught in her native 
and neighboring towns: Marion T., born July 19, 1883; is a 
student at Kent's Flill and a teacher m the schools of Leeds. 

Mr. Bishop has always been a man of untiring industry and 
temperate habits, decided and firm in his convictions ; in business 
exacting but always honorable, to his town he has been of incal- 
culable worth ; his career has been an honorable one, a credit to 
himself, his familv and his friends. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 69 

LOTHROP FAMILY. 

The founder of the Lothrop family in Littleborough was 
Mark — the second Lothrop pioneer in this country. He came 
from England in 1643 and settled in Bridge water, Mass. He 
was a proprietor in that town in 1656 and in 1657 took the "Oath 
of Fidelity." In 1658 he was elected a constable and for twenty- 
five years was a man of prominence in public life. His sons were 
Samuel- and Mark-. Samuel settled and continued his resi- 
dence in Bridgewater. His son, SamueP, Jr., was born in that 
town May 17, 1685, and died in January, 1772. His son, Daniel*, 
was born in West Bridgewater, May 2, 1721. In 1744 he mar- 
ried Rhoda, a daughter of Thomas Willis. He was Major in 
Col. Crafts' Regiment, Dorchester Heights, when Washington 
took command of the army. He was one of the original members 
of the First Baptist Church of Bridgewater. In 181 1, when 90 
years of age, he came from Bridgewater on horseback to visit his 
son, Daniel,' Jr., and being so well pleased with the site, remained 
until his death, which occurred in 1818. at the advanced age of 97. 

Col. Daniel Lothrop'', Jr., was born in Bridgewater, Dec. 10, 
1745. He married first, Hannah Howard, Aug. 23, 1764, who 
died in 1771 ; second, Lydia Willis, Sept. 5, 1775 ; third, Mary 
Turner, Sept. i, 1785, a sister of William and Josiah who came 
from Bridgewater and were among the early settlers of Little- 
borough Plantation. He was a soldier in the War of the Revolu- 
tion and rose to the rank of Colonel ; yet, to him, it was a sacrifice 
of wealth for honor. He sold his real estate at the time of his 
enlistment, for which payment was to be made on a later date, 
and was made, but in Continental money, which was worthless. 
This financial loss and the death of his second wife, with a family 
of children to provide and care for, m the fall of 1784 he came 
to Littleborough, took up the farm now owned by Greenwood C. 
Gordon and a portion by Wallace Gordon at the south end of 
Androscoggin Lake, made a cut-down, built a log house and hovel 
and returned to Bridgewater. In the spring of 1785 he came 
again, made his burn, planted corn and potatoes, spent the 
remainder of the season in felling trees and clearing land, in 
August returned for his family and in September, after marrying 
Mary Turner, brought them to the wilderness of Leeds, leaving 
behind one daughter, Hannah, who married Joshua Gilmore and 
whose son, Col. John Gilmore, came to Leeds and was many 
years a prominent resident. When the town was organized Col. 
Daniel Lothrop was elected on the Board of Selectmen and sub- 
sequently filled many offices of trust. His children, born in 
Bridgewater, were: George", June [3, 1765; Daniel**. March 28, 
1767; Thomas^ 1769; Hannah^ 1771 ; Samuel^ 1777; and Sulli- 
van**, 1778. 



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His children by his last wife were born in Leeds, to wit: 
Polly^ Oct. 29, 1787; Lydia^ May 5, 1789; Alson% Feb. 7, 1792; 
Jonah^ July 23, 1795 (died Aug. 23, 1795) ; Rhoda^ April 29, 
1799. He died in 1837. His many descendants have proven 
themselves worthy of their name and noted ancestry. In both 
civil and military offices they have been prominent, and especially 
in the legislative halls of the State. 

George", his eldest son, married in 1783 Polly Thayer. 
Eventually he located in Leeds, where his wife died Oct. 25, 183 1, 
and he March 4, 1839. Their children were: Solomon^ bom 
Feb. 26, 1788; Leavitt', born May 19, 1793 ; Hannah', born March 
19, 1800; Jeremiah', born Oct. 29, 1802; and Polly^, born Dec. 
17, 1802. The only persons now living in Leeds by the name of 
Lothrop are descendants of George Lothrop, Esq. 

Solomon^ eldest son of George*^, married July 15, 1810, Sarah 
W., a daughter of Capt. Daniel and Sally (Whiting) Lothrop^ 
his cousin. He was an active business man for many years at 
Lothrop's Corner, which by his energy and efforts, became a 
smart business center. He was the first postmaster in town and 
was in trade many years at that place. He acquired wealth and 
became owner of a large acreage. His home, where his youngest 
son, Willard. now lives, was purchased of Abial Daily, M.D., the 
first resident physician in the town. He held numerous offices 
and was active in social and religious circles. They had issue 
George DanieF, born Aug. 24, 181 1 ; Betsey^ born Dec. 13, 1813; 
Solomon Leavitt". born June 10, 1817; Orissa^ born Dec. 30, 
1819; and Willard, born June 18, 1828. 

George D.^ married Hulda Gilmore. They had issue Mary 
Francis^, born Dec. 3, 1837; Helen Augusta, born July 15, 1841. 
The latter married W. W. Noyes. 

Betsey^ married Joshua S. Turner and has three children : 
Ermina j.. born Aug. 6, 1834 (Mrs. E. D. Hamilton) ; Emma 
born Jan. 13, 1837 (Mrs. James Norris) ; Francis A., born April 
16, 1839. 

Solomon L." married April 20, 1840, Hannah, born Oct. 11, 
1818, a daughter of George and Betsey (Gilbert) Turner. They 
had issue Lewis Leavitt^ born Oct. 21, 1840, died Feb. 4, 1842; 
William Henry\ born May 17, 1842, and Lydia Albina, born 
Aug. 3, 1844. William Henry* married Dec. 12, 1866, Georgia 
F., a daughter of W. S. Noyes, of Boston, and died, leaving a 
widow and four boys residing in Portland. 

Lydia Albina married Cyrus B. Lane. She died, leaving one 

daughter, Mrs. Cassie B. Farmer, who has three children. 

Orissa'' married Alson Lothrop, Jr., and located at Jay Bridge. 

Willard^ the youngest child of Solomon Lothrop®, married 

Jan. TO, i860, Emma L., a daughter of Rev. Samuel and Sarah 

(Leadbetter) Boothby. They have issue Susie E. (Mrs. G. W. 




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HISTORY OF LEEDS 7 I 

Lane), born Jan. ii, 1861 ; Frank B., born July, 1863, and Sarah 
Clyde, born Aug. 6, 1879. Mr. Lothrop resides on the old home- 
stead — a valuable and well cultivated farm. He has contributed 
much to the advancement of the town by securing the establish- 
ment of various industries therein. He has represented his dis- 
trict in the State Legislature and is especially interested in the 
Universalist church, of which he is Superintendent of the Sab- 
bath School. 

Hon. Leavitt', the second son of George** and Polly (Thayer) 
Lothrop, was born in Vassalborough, Me., May 19, 1793. In 
1816 he married Betsey, a daughter of Elias and Mary (Law- 
rence) Lane. He settled in Leeds and in 1826 moved to the farm 
now occupied by his son, Davis Francis Lothrop, and there resided 
until his death, which occurred April 17, 1849. His widow died 
in Auburn, Jan. 12, 1878. Mr. Lothrop was an energetic man of 
business, and in all activities of the community worked diligently 
and well. He was nominally a farmer and carried on agriculture 
extensively and profitably, owning, at the time of his death, 800 
acres of land in Leeds, 200 in Canton, 100 in Greene and 50 in 
Hallowell. He was deeply interested in all enterprises that gave 
promise of benefit to the people, and his personal services were 
freely given to their development and improvement. He took an 
active part in the establishment of the Androscoggin and Kenne- 
bec Railroad and assisted in procuring the charter of the Leeds 
and Farmington Railroad, subscribing $1000 to its stock. In 
both civil and political life, his good common sense, sound judg- 
ment and honesty of purpose, rendered his presence in public 
positions valuable to his constituents and the community. He 
represented the classed towns of which Leeds was one, in the 
State Legislature. In 1841 he commenced a three-years' term on 
the board of county commissioners of Kennebec county, and in 
1846-7 was a Senator from that county. He was also prominent 
in the State militia, serving in successive grades to that of Colonel, 
by which title he was generally known. In the war of 181 2 he 
was for a time engaged on the lower Kennebec in the construction 
of fortifications, etc. In these and numerous other places of 
responsibility, such was his wise sagacity, pleasing urbanity and 
thoughtful consideration, that his associates in councils and labors 
became lasting friends. He was a Baptist in religion and liberal 
in sustaining Christian institutions. In the home circle he was 
kind and affectionate. His children were : Elias Lane. b. Nov. 
19, 1817; Davis Francis, b. Sept. 11, 1820; Warren Lane. b. July 
5, 1823; Caroline Elizabeth, b. Oct. 17, 1825, and Mary Jane, 
b. July 12. 1833. 

Elias L.- and Davis F. in their early manhood were successful 
school teachers. Elias L. married in 1847 Jane Morse, of Lisbon, 
and had issue Leavitt, b. June 10, 1848, and Mary Morse, b. Dec. 



72 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

3, 1849. ^^ the Spring of 1849 '^^ ^^'^^ ^''•s brother, Davis F., sailed 
from Boston, Mass., to San Francisco, Cal., in the ship Capitol, 
arriving there July 6. On Sept. 2,0^ 1852, he died in that state. 
The son was a graduate of Bowdoin College, went to New 
Orleans and was accidentally shot and died. The daughter mar- 
ried. 

Hon. Davis Francis\ was educated in the town schools and 
Monmouth Academy. He inherited many of the characteristics of 
his father. He has been active and valuable in many public posi- 
tions of trust, discharging the duties of such ol^ces as selectman, 
county commissioner and representative to the State Legislature, 
to his credit and the satisfaction of bis constituents. In 1846 he 
married Caroline S., a daughter of Jonathan and Jane (Libby) 
Morse. They had issue Flora Louvisa, b. Sept. i, 1847; Adonia, 
b. March 26, 1849: d. Sept. 9. 1852- Eugene, b. Oct. 6, 1851 ; d. 
Aug. 30, 1852; Elias, b. July 7, 1853; Serville, b. Jan. 10, 1853; 
d. Jan. 16, 1856; Irvin Scott, b. Fen. 22, 1856; Olive Morse, b. 
May 5, 1858, and Ralph, b. Nov. 24, i860. 

Flora L., married Hon. Frank Higgins, of Limerick, Me. 
Ruggles Higgins, of Livermore Falls, is her son. 

Elias and Irvin S. reside in Louisiana, where they own adjoin- 
ing plantations on the Mississippi, 24 miles below New Orleans. 
Elias married Lucile Piazia, a daughter of the Swiss consul at 
New Orleans at the time of the Civil war. They have a large 
family of children. 

Irvin S. is unmarried. 

Olive M. married Doctor John M. Turner Sept. 26, 1888, who 
was born in Leeds Aug. 12, 1856, and settled in Bangor, but sub- 
sequently located in Gardiner, where the Doctor had a large and 
lucrative practice. They had one daughter. Flora E., born June 
II, 1891. Mrs. Turner is now a widow lady, her husband hav- 
ing died Dec. 24, 1899. Ralph is unmarried and remains on the 
old homestead, which has been given into his care. He is an 
active, energetic man of business, and many kindly acts of assist- 
ance to those needing financial aid attest his worth in the commu- 
nity in which he resides and moves. , 

Hon. Davis Francis Lothrop, as stated of his brother Elias, 
went to California in 1849, where he remained nearly three years, 
returning to Maine once during the time. He was one of 
"The Old Forty-Niners." He was financially successful but his 
energy or ambition was not blunted thereby and his later life, 
devoted to farming, has been one of success and profit. He is a 
member of the Baptist church, a liberal supporter of all enter- 
prises tending to the betterment of the community, and a highly 
respected citizen. At the age of 80 years few men are so well 
preserved, so active, so interested in public affairs, so well 




HON. DAVIS FRANCIS LOTHROP. 




MRS. D. F. LOTHROP. 




COL. W. L. LOTHROP. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS J T^ 

informed. February i6, 1901, his vvife died, mourned by her 
family and fondly cherished by her many friends. 

Col. Warren", the third child, enlisted in the United States 
army in 1845 ^"d was stationed at West Point. On the breaking 
out of the Mexican War his company was ordered to the front 
and joined General Scott at Vera Cruz. He was in every battle 
fought from there to the capture of the City of Mexico. For 
"meritorious conduct," at the close of the war, he received a 
lieutenant's commission, and was assigned to the Fourth Artil- 
lery, stationed at Fort Kearney and Randall on the Western 
frontier. In April, 1861. he was stationed at St. Louis and 
was commissioned Major of the First Missouri Light Artillery, 
under Col. Frank Blair, who was elected to Congress, and Maj. 
Lothrop promoted to Colonel. At the close of the war he was 
made chief quartermaster of the Department of the Gulf, with 
headquarters at Tallahassee, Florida, where he died in 1866. 

Caroline"* E., the fourth child of Col. Leavitt", married Augus- 
tus Foss. Her residence has been in California, where five of 
her seven children are located, the other two residing in Man- 
chester, N. H., with whom she is now living. 

Mary Jane-, the youngest child of Col. Leavitt", married 
Charles Lane, who died in 1858. She resides in Pendleton, Ore- 
gon, where her daughter and only child, Neva, is a teacher. 

Hannah', the third child of George Lothrop®, Esq., married 
George Gould and settled on the west side of the highway run- 
ning southerly from North Leeds Railroad Station and about 
one-third of a mile distant therefrom. About 1850, Mr. Gould 
erected, at the north end of his farm, the buildings now occupied 
by Frank Foss, in which he lived several years. They had one 
son, Orville. 

Jeremiah', fourth child — no data except died Sept. 25, 1874. 

Polly", the youngest child of George**, married Ruel Foss in 
June, 1827, and settled at Foss Corner, on the farm now owned 
by N. P. Gould. To them were born three children, Orinthia 
(Mrs. Dana Goff), Rodney, and Florida (Mrs. B. J. Hill). 
They moved to Auburn. Me., about 1866, where they both died. 

Capt. Daniel", the second son li Col. Daniel Lothrop\ the 
pioneer of Leeds, married first, Sarah (Sally) Whiting, in 1787. 
They had issue ten children. His second wife was Lucy Gilbert, 
who also bore him ten children. He was an able man and much 
in public service. Ten years was he a representative in the State 
Legislature. About 1835 he moved to Carroll, Me., and died in 
Lee. His was a very prominent family and many of his sons 
and grandsons have distinguished themselves in public places of 
honor. 

Of the other sons of Col. Danie^^ Thomas, Samuel, and Sulli- 
van, thev married and reared large families, none of whom are 



74 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

now residing in town, save Mrs. Rowland Gilmore, a grand- 
daughter of Thomas, and her son, John. The name of Lothrop 
in Leeds is now borne by the descendants of George^ only, and 
those who bear it are : Hon. Davis Francis^, Hon. Willard^, and 
their respective families, and Mrs. Solomon L. Lothrop, the 
widow of a brother of Willard. 

Of the children of Col. DanieP and his third wife, Mary 
Turner, all of whom were born in Leeds, Polly** married Luther 
Gary and died in Bradford, Me., in 1881. 

Lydia". married Hon. Stillman Howard and spent her whole 
long life in the town of her birth. They had issue six children, 
of whom mention is made in the Howard family, in another part 
of this work. The only one of her children now living is Hon. 
Seth Howard, — a life-long resident of Leeds. She died April 6, 
1872. 

Alson", married Huldah Richmond and settled in the town of 
Jay, near Jay Bridge. They reared a large family of children in 
that town, and when advanced in years, moved to Carroll, leav- 
ing the farm to Alson, Jr., who married Orrissa, a daughter of 
Solomon Lothrop, of Leeds. 

Rhoda**, the youngest child of Col. DanieP, married Nathan 
Richmond. They had one child, Mary Reliance, born in 1824, 
who married Odlin Watson and had issue Flora, who died when 
a yound lady ; Fred Odlin, who has long been and now^ is Regis- 
ter of Probate in Androscoggin county ; Henry, Thomas and 
John. 

To Hon. Seth Howard is due much of the credit in the pro- 
duction of this sketch. 



GILBERT FAMILY. 

The Gilberts, in their name and m their connection by mar- 
riage, were a numerous family in the southern part of the town 
of Leeds in the earlier years of its settlement. A singular fact 
is, that at this centennial anniversary of its incorporation, only a 
single person bearing the name remains a citizen of the town. 

Capt. William Gilbert, the first settler of the name to locate 
in Leeds, came from Scituate, Mass., in the year 1783, just after 
the close of the Revolutionary War. He had served in the army 
of the revolution, in which service he was honored with a lieu- 
tenant's commission. His title of Captain, by which he was dis- 
tinguished through life, is supposed to have been gained from his 
connection with the militia affairs of his early time, in which he 
took an active part. He was induced to come to the locality by 
the proprietor, Col. Moses Little, to aid by his example and influ- 
ence in colonizing the town. He married Betsev Bailev, of Han- 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 75 

over, Mass., to whom two children were born before moving to 
Maine. Capt. Gilbert was given the privilege of selecting four 
hundred acres of land from any lots in town not already taken up. 
His choice was on the height of land in the south-west part of 
the town, long known as "Welcome Hill," in what is now known 
as the Additon neighborhood, together with another near-by lot 
for many years designated as the " Phillips Turner place." The 
selection of the first-named lot was made on account of the fine 
growth of oak timber characterizing that locality, indicating the 
superiority of soil on which it stood. That his selection was 
wisely made, everyone who knows the land in that locality will 
readily admit. This land was conveyed to Mr. Gilbert through a 
warrantee deed given by Moses Little, it being the first warrantee 
deed given to a settler of the town up to that time. The house 
and other buildings erected on this farm were located on the 
north side of the road, just opposite the buildings now occupied 
by F. L. Additon, and torn down many years ago. 

Capt. Gilbert was an active, influential man,, a leader in all 
public afifairs and an extensive and successful farmer. His home 
was headquarters for new comers to the town, and every one 
always found a warm welcome at liis house. His influence was 
widespread and was successful in drawing many other settlers to 
the town, both his own connections as well as others, many of 
whom he employed in clearing his lands and in his extensive 
farming. In 1796, Rev. Paul Cofiin was a guest at this farm and 
thus wrote of its crops: "This man raises, annually, about five 
hundred bushels of breadstufif and fourteen hundred weight of 
flax, etc. Plis hay and breadstuff will this year exceed two 
tons of hay, and more, by the acre on uplands." It is not out of 
place to state in this connection that the proprietor of this farm 
secured the immigration of Jabez Daggett, an expert flax dresser, 
who located on land adjoining his farm, that he might have the 
benefit of his labors in his extensive flax business. 

Capt. William Gilbert died May 25, 1816, aged 60 years. He 
was buried in the South Leeds cemetery, where a humble slate 
headstone hands down this tribute, "He was a kind husband, a 
tender father and a good neighbor and citizen." 

His wife, Betsey, died August 11, 1834, aged 74 years. 

Capt. Gilbert, when he came to Maine, was accompanied by 
his brothers — Elijah, who took up a large tract of land in Turner, 
near where the Center Bridge now spans the river, and which 
now is divided into the several farms of that locality ; Levi, who 
located in Buckfield ; Nathaniel, who also located in Turner but 
later moved to Kingfield and to Anson, where he made the first 
clearing in town ; Hersey, who located on a section of his brother 
William's home farm, next west, later known as the "Joshua 
Turner place." These buildings, also, as with the first Gilbert 



76 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

homestead in the town, have been torn down ; thus leaving, as 
with the famihes who occupied them, no other memorial of their 
existence than the silent monuments in the near-by burial ground 
on which their names are chiseled. 

Capt. William Gilbert's children were Betsey, who married 
George Turner, Esq., and had thirteen children, of whom one 
died young, and the others were, Josiah, Lydia, Betsey, William, 
Washington, Cynthia, Hannah, Sobrina, Sarah, John, Benjamin 
and Martha ; Lucy, who married Daniel Lothrop ; Sally, who 
married Codding Drake ; Jane, who married Daniel Lindsey ; 
Julia, who married Warren Mitchell, had children, Henry, Clara 
and Ellen; William, Jr., who never married, and Henry A., who 
married Christina, daughter of Benjamin Alden, of Greene. 
These families all settled in town ; but Lothrop, Drake and Lind- 
sey and other families later, finding the titles of their farms 
unsound, accepted the offer of the State of .the gift of a lot of 
wild land, and moved to what was then designated "Number 6," 
now the town of Carroll, in upper Penobscot county, where they 
began pioneer life over again and made permanent homes. 

William Gilbert, Jr., located on that part of his father's origi- 
nal purchase before designated as "Phillips Turner place," where 
he lived during his stay in town, but finally went to Carroll, and 
spent his last days with his sisters. 

Henry A. Gilbert first located on his father's home farm but 
later lived at several different places m Leeds, and finally moved 
to Turner and made a home with his son, Alden, where he died 
in 1881, aged yy years. His wife, Christina (Alden) Gilbert, 
died in 1889, aged 86. Their children were Annie, who married 
Joseph Kilbreth, of Manchester, and died in 185 1, at the age of 
22 ; Betsey Alden, who married Alfred Jewell, of Winthrop. and 
died in 1891, aged 62 years; Christina died in 1850. aged 18; 
Julia married first, Ruel Phillips, and second, Hiram Phillips, 
both of whom she still survives; Alden, died in 1865, aged 31; 
Tertia. Otis Hayford and James Henry, all of whom died young. 

Hersey Gilbert was a cabinet maker, a fine workman, and 
made much of the furniture used by the people of the town, many 
pieces of which are to be found at the present time among the 
descendants of those early families. His labors thus supplied an 
important want of the people among whom he lived. He mar- 
ried in Massachusetts, before coming to Maine, a lady by the 
name of Randall, and a large family was the result of their union. 
They were : 

Cornelius, born in 1778, who lived in Leeds for a time but 
moved with his family to Canada and never returned. A daugh- 
ter, Susan, came back to town to visit friends, and while here, 
formed an alliance with Ira Sampson, whom she married. They 
settled on the bank of the Androscoggin river — near the recent 



HISTORY OF LEEDS ']'] 

ferry. Four children were born to her, Laura, Julia, William 
and Ira. 

In a delicate state of health, in rescuing a child from drown- 
ing, she took cold and died therefrom. 

Levi, who settled in Leeds for a time, later moved to the town 
of Parkman^ where he died. 

Charles G., who married Martha Day in 1809, located on the 
farm near Keen's Corner recently occupied by their son, the late 
J. Ransom, where he died. Their children were Charles, 
Nathaniel, James C, Judith, who married a Bishop, Huldah, 
Nancy, who married a Grossman, Rhoda, Spirren, Caleb S., 
James Nelson, and Joseph Ransom. 

Ruth, born in 1776, who married Joseph Day. 

Rebecca, born in 1780, who married Jacob, brother to 
Joseph Day. 

Olive, born in 1782, who married Alvira Gilbert. 

Her&ey, Jr., born in 1784, who married Mehitable Morse. 

Priscilla, born in 1787, who married John Foster. 

Polly, born in 1790, who married Richard Crockett, and 
Sally, Lucinda, and Wealthy, whose descendants, if any, cannot 
now be traced. 

Hersey Gilbert, Jr., married Mehitable Morse and located 
in the east part of the town. Their children were : Dennis, 
born in 181 1 ; Irvilla, who married Warren Foster; Caleb S., who 
married Louisa Torsey ; Levi J., Jerome B., Joseph R., Drusilla, 
who married Holman H. Torsey; Alfred and "Chandler. None 
of this family are now living in Leeds. 

James Nelson Gilbert married Keen, daughter of 

John Keen, and lived on the place now owned by George Howe, 
at Leeds Junction. Their children were Marcellus, now a resi- 
dent of Boston, and Addison. 

Joseph Ransom Gilbert married Mary A. Crummett and 
lived on the homestead farm near Keen's Corner, where he died 
in 1898. Their children were : Martha Almedia, Erastus 
Everett. George Elliot, Elvetta Delilah, Emma Amelia, and 
Lewis Irvin. None of them are now residents of Leeds. 

Caleb S. Gilbert married Louisa Torsey, and had children: 
Lucilla Alice, who married Alonzo D. Morton ; Lovinia Jose- 
phine, who married Joseph H. Day, late of Lewiston ; Joseph R., 
• who married Ann Whitney, now a resident of Lewiston, and 
Jedson D. 

Near the close of the century, or about the year 1800, the 
exact date of which cannot now be fixed, several nephews of 
Captain William Gilbert came to Leeds to labor on the farm of 
their uncle, and were soon followed by their widowed mother, 
bringing with her the remaining members of a family of nine 
children. These children were Marcus, Ahira, Benjamin, Wil- 



78 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Ham S.. Jedson, and one other son whose name is not now- 
recalled, and three daughters, Deborah, Joanna, and, probably, 
Huldah. 

Deborah Gilbert married Joseph Turner in 1802 as a first 
wife. They located on a farm on Quaker Ridge, and six 
children were born to this union : Phillips, Eunice, Julia A., 
Joseph, Joanna, and William G. 

Joanna Gilbert was the first wife of Caleb Wing. They were 
married in 1809 and had one son, Adna. 

The record of marriages in town shows that Elijah Gilbert, 
Jr., of Turner, and Huldah Gilbert, of Leeds, were married July 
3, 1806. The bride here named is supposed to have been sister 
to Joanna and Deborah named above. 

Marcus Gilbert was a maker of carpenter's bench tools and 
was considered a fine workman. His bench plane-stocks were 
widely celebrated for their workmanship and were in demand 
wherever known. He located on the "Welcome Hill" before 
mentioned, where, with several removals, he lived during his life. 
He married first, Jane Sampson, and two children were born 
to this union, Aranda and Jane. His second wife was Marian 
Coburn, by whom he had two children, Marian and Lafayette. 
Marcus was called out in the War of 1812, went into camp, and 
about fifty years afterwards drew 160 acres of land which he 
sold at two dollars an acre. He died in 1876, aged 85. 

Aranda married Diana T. Wing and located in the same 
neighborhood with his father, following a carpenter's trade. 
They had four children, Rollin, Abbie, Lois, and Rosa, all of 
whom are now living. Aranda lived in Leeds during his active 
life, and died in Poland at his son Rollin's in 1876, at the age of 
58 years. His wndow died in Leeds in 1899, aged 81 years. 
Their son, Rollin, married in Lewiston Carrie L. Sweeny 
in 1870. They had three children, Walter Guy, Earle S. and 
Mabel. Abbie married Charles Bowers, a civil engineer in Lew- 
iston._ Lois married Fred A. Parker, of Leeds, in 1879, 
and has always lived in town. Their children are Lindley, Percy, 
Sylvie, Gladys, and Stanley. Rosa married Mellen J. Hans- 
com, of Leeds, in 1877, and they are now located on a farm 
in Leeds near Leeds Junction. Jane married William Gushing 
and is now living in East Abington, Mass. Marian married 
Abram Toothaker and now lives in Brunswick. Lafayette mar- 
ried Elizabeth Getchell and lives in South Framingham. They 
had six children, three of whom are living. 

William T. Gilbert located on th-2 farm situated between the 
South Leeds cemetery and the Friends burial ground, where 
Frank Austin now lives, and later moved to Hallowell. He mar- 
ried Annie Sampson, sister to Jane, wife of Marcus, and they 
had three children — Proctor, who moved to Norfolk, Va., where 
he still lives ; Earl and Jane, neither of whom are living. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 79 

Jedson Gilbert went to New York, where he remained during 
life. 

Ahira Gilbert married Olive Gilbert before mentioned. He 
was a house carpenter and called a first-class workman. In their 
earlier years of married life they fluctuated between the Gilbert 
neighborhood in Leeds and the adjoining neighborhood across 
the line in Greene. Finally they located permanently in the town 
of Greene near the Center Bridge, where they died at a ripe old 
age. Their children were Cornelius, Jedson, Leonard, Ran- 
sellear, Deborah, Caroline, Mary Ann, and Albion, who is still 
living in Abington, Mass. 

Benjamin Gilbert, familiarly known as "Ben Gilbert," settled 
in the same neighborhood of those who preceded him on what 
was long designated the "Day place," and near where the old 
brick "Powder House," belonging to the town, was located. 
The landmarks of this home, like its occupants, have long since 
disappeared, while what was once a productive farm is now a 
desert of drifting sand. He married Lydia Jones, and they 
raised up a large family of children : Sanford, married Adaline 
Day ; Nelson, married Rebecca Sampson ; Edward, married 
Deborah Turner and lived in Vassalboro ; Wilson, married 
Catherine Day ; Jedson, married and located in New York ; Gus- 
tavus, married Hannah Ballou and lived at Keen's Mills, Turner; 
Benjamin, married several times and lived mostly in New York. 

The daughters : Joanna never married ; Lydia married a 
Hammond, is now a widow and still living ; Judith married a 
Hall. 

Sanford. Wilson and Nelson located on Quaker Ridge and 
lived there during life. Of the two first named none of their 
descendants remain in town. Nelson had tw^o sons and one 
daughter — Oliver, Philo, and Hannah. Oliver married Lucia 
Turner and they had two daughters — Ella and Rozilla, the latter 
of whom married Ralph Buckley and they now live in town. 
Philo had no family, and is the only descendant of the once 
numerous Gilbert families bearing the name at the present time 
livinsf in town. Hannah married and moved to Massachusetts. 



JENNINGS FAMILY. 

The Jennings family traces its origin to the early part of the 
sixteenth century, and legend states it is in direct connection 
with Sir William Jennings, of England. 

But, owing to inaccuracy of the records at that early time, 
it cannot be fully traced ; yet English records inform us that Sir 
William had a brother, and that he emigrated to x\merica during 
the sixteenth century. We first find our name on this side of 
the water, in the persons of John Jennings and his wife, Ruhama, 



8o HISTORY OF LEEDS 

from whom we have perfect, unbroken records to the present 
time. In all probability, if not thv brother of Sir William 
alluded to, he was a son of that brother. They lived and died in 
Sandwich, on Cape Cod, Mass. Their issue was one son, Sam- 
uel, born Feb. 9, 1684. According to English naval practices at 
that time, he was impressed on board the frigate Milford, but 
freed himself by swimming ashore ; w'as caught in the attempt 
by a shark, from which he wonderfully delivered himself, but not 
without the loss of one hand and foot. From these injuries he 
recovered and betook himself, for a livelihood, to trade. Being 
a man of much natural force, he was called to occupy places of 
much importance in the town where he resided. He was town 
clerk some twenty-five years, and died in 1764, at the advanced 
age of 80. He had two wives — first. Remember Fessenden, by 
whonT he had two children ; and second, Deborah Newcomb. who 
bore him the following named children : Samuel, born Sept. 9, 
1727; Esther,, born April 29, 1731 ; and John, born Sept. 3, 1734. 
The Leeds branch trace their descent from John, the last named, 
who migrated from Sandwich, Mass., to New Sandwich, now 
Wayne, about 1780. The Hon. Judge May, late of Lewiston, 
was a lineal descendant of Esther, the elder sister of John. The 
issue of John Jennings and his wife were : Deborah, born Dec. 
7, 1760: Samuel, born Nov. 15, 1762; John, born Feb. 9, 1765; 
Hannah, born Aug. 12, 1766; Bathsheba, born Aug. 2^, 1768; 
Sarah, born April 2, 1770; Polly, born June 16, 1773; and 
Nathaniel, born May 26, 1775. All born in Sandwich, Mass. 
Samuel and John, of the above named family, removed to Little- 
borough, now Leeds, in 1783, or '84, using the small lakes, 
streams, and rivers as thoroughfares en route to their new^ homes, 
transported thither in their birch-bark canoe. 

Nathaniel, the yoimgest, also came to Leeds, but shortly after 
went to reside with his father upon the old homestead in that 
part of an adjoining town now known as North Wayne. His 
descendants still live there. Samuel and John chose some fine, 
alluvial land upon the banks of the Androscoggin, from which 
they cleared the primitive forest and made for themselves and 
families excellent homes. Samuel married Olive Tupper and had 
children as follows: Samuel. Jr., born in Sandwich, Mass., Feb. 
7, 1787; Perez S., born in Leeds March 2, 1792, who w^as among 
the early children born in the town. Of these children Samuel 
settled in Wayne, but Perez S. remained with his father on the 
homestead. Samuel raised a large family of children and died 
in Wayne, at the advanced age of 89 years. Perez S. married 
Joanna, daughter of James Lane, one of the early settlers of the 
town, and had the following named children : Orville, born Jan. 
14, 1825; died Oct. 3, 1866. at Little Rock, Arkansas; Gustavus 
A., born June 13, 1827; Gessius F., born Jan. 28, 1829; Eliza 




GESSIUS F. JENNINGS. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 51 

Ann, born Oct. 9, 1831 ; Roscoe G., born June 11, 1833; Rollin 
F., born June 16, 1837. Orville was a graduate of Bowdoin, in 
the Class of 1849, and that year he removed to Jackson, Tenn., 
where he studied law, and after admission to the bar opened an 
office for practice at Washington, Ark., remaining there till the 
breaking out of the Rebellion in 1861. By close application to 
business in the place of his adoption, he became distinguished, 
first as prosecuting attorney, then judge of the circuit court. 
Elected representative to the Legislature, he opposed the seces- 
sion of the state from the Union. At the close of the war he 
removed to Little Rock and was appointed United States District 
Attorney, wdiich office he held to the date of his death. He 
married Juliet P. Black, of Washington, Ark., by whom he had 
four children, all of whom are now dead except the youngest 
son, Chester, who is an enterprising physician at Little Rock. 

Gustavus A. Jennings was born in Leeds June 13, 1827. 
October 6, 1850, he married Elvira A., a daughter of Columbus 
and Mary H. (Sumner) Jennings. She was born in Leeds Feb. 
19, 1 83 1. They settled at West Leeds on the old homestead of 
his father, where they have contmued their residence since. 
They have no issue to care for, nor to care for them in their years 
of decline ; yet they reared and educated a daughter by adoption, 
who was a teacher in the schools of that town. The life of Mr. 
Jennings has been devoted to agriculture and his name is promi- 
nent among the many thrifty, enterprising and successful farmers 
of his native town. Among the public positions of trust to which 
his services have been called may be enumerated those of select- 
man and town treasurer, the duties of which he ably and faith- 
fully performed, and that of postmaster for a term of years, con- 
ducting the office to the satisfaction of its patrons and the depart- 
ment, (J. C. S.) 

Gessius F. Jennings was born Jan. 28, 1829. He married 
Orrah M., daughter of Uriah and Mary (Leadbetter) Foss, of 
North Leeds, May 24, i860. He resided in town about ten 
years, and received tokens of trust from his fellow-townsmen, 
serving them as selectman, town clerk, and superintending 
school committee. He then removed to Farmington, where he 
now resides. While in Farmington he has served the Maine 
Central Railroad Company twenty-five years as station agent. 
He has two children, Elmer E. Jennings, who married Mary 
Jacobs, of Farmington ; Flora M. Jennings, who married J. 
Eugene Brown, of Farmington. 

Eliza Ann Jennings was born in Leeds Oct. 9, 183 1. She 
married Isaiah B., son of Thomas and Ann Additon, of Leeds, 
May 5, 1852. They had five children, three girls and two boys. 
The girls are all dead. The boys are Orville L, who now resides 
in the state of Georgia, and is in business there ; Fred L., who 

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82 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

lives in Leeds on the homestead farm, and is, at the present 
writing, chairman of the Board of Selectmen. 

Roscoe G. Jennings was born in Leeds June ii, 1833 After 
studying medicine with Dr. Garceloii, of Lewiston, he graduated 
from Bowdoin Medical College. He first established himself at 
Laper, Mich., where he secured a fine practice, but deeming it 
more for his interest, he went south and settled in Washington, 
Hempstead County, Arkansas. Here he successfully practiced 
his profession till the breaking out of the Rebellion. When that 
state seceded, he felt compelled, for his own safety, to enter the 
rebel army as surgeon. When opportunity offered he left the 
rebel cause, and flying across to the Union lines, went to Little 
Rock, where he was appointed surgeon of the United States 
Hospital at that place, in which position he continued until the 
termination of the war. He was in both the Confederate and 
United States service during the whole war. 

He was married to Miss Gertrude E. Elliott of Camden, Ark., 
in April, 1869. They had three children, namely : Octavia, 
Orville, and Cresos. Dr. Roscoe G. Jennings died of penumonia 
at Little Rock, Ark., April 5, 1899, '^^^ ^^ accord with his oft- 
expressed wish, his remains were taken to St. Louis and 
cremated. 

Rollin F. Jennings, born June 15, 1837; married, in 1857, 
Harriet, a daughter of Oliver P. Frost, late of Leeds. They had 
one son, Roscoe W. Jennings, born the twenty-second of March, 
i860, 'who settled in the state of Iowa. The second wife of 
Rollin F. was a Miss Temple, of Wisconsin, by whom he had one 
son, David Jennings, who is now living at Mason City, Iowa. 

After the war broke out Rollin F. enlisted, in 1862, for three 
years, in the First Maine Light Artillery, and in one of the terri- 
ble battles in which his battery engaged it was so cut to 
pieces as to lose its organized identity and afterwards merged 
into Hall's Second Maine Battery, !n which he served until the 
close of the war, participating in all of the hard-fought battles of 
the Potomac, Fredericksburg, The Wilderness, Gettysburg, and 
many others, winning a record for valor and iniflinching bravery 
of which his sons and this generation may be proud. He died 
April 18, 1896, in Mason City, Iowa. 

The other branch of the Jennings family who first settled 
in Leeds was John Jennings, who married Sarah Morton, and 
their issue was: Alexander, born in Winthrop Dec. 18, 1787; 
John, Jr., born June 11, 1789; Sarah, born Nov. 25, 1790; Betsey, 
horn Aug. 18, 1792; Franklin N., born June 5, 1794; Phebe W., 
born May 22, 1796; Robert, born June 24, 1798; Deborah C, 
born Dec. 21, 1799; Esther M., born Feb. 21, 1802; Columbus, 
born Dec. 14, 1803, and Sturges N., born Dec. 21, 1806. 
Alexander, oldest son of John Jennings, was a resident of Leeds, 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 83 

to which place he came with his parents when a small boy and 
remained through life, leaving a large family. His wife was 
Mary Lindsey. Their children were: Mary, born Dec. 11, 181 1 ; 
Thomas L., born Dec. 25, 1813; Sarah, born Dec. 31, 1815; 
Frank N., born April 17, 1818; Pamelia, born June 8, 1820; 
Howard L., born Feb. 26, 1823 ; Alexander, Jr., born Nov. 30, 
1827, and Sturges N., born x\ug. 7, 183 1. All of the above 
named children of Alexander Jennings are now dead. Howard 
L. Jennings married Julia E. Maine, of Bolton, Conn., in 1858. 
They had issue Thomas L., born Jan. 12, 1861 ; Daniel M., born 
Oct. 29, 1867; and William A., born July 3, 1869, who married 
Hannah M., a daughter of Samuel Adams, of Greene, and had 
issue Howard S., Fred M., and Harold W. These Jennings 
brothers. Thomas L.. Daniel M., and William A., are now living 
on a large farm at Leeds Center. They are very enterprising 
and successful farmers. John Jennings, Jr., married Hannah 
Carlton, of Winthrop, and removed to Livermore. Columbus, 
the youngest son of John, Sr., married Mary H., daughter of 
Houghton Sumner, one of the early settlers of Leeds. Their 
children were as follows : Rodolphus, born Jan. 19, 1830 ; Elvira 
A., born Feb. 19, 183 1 ; John F., born Oct. 23, 1832 ; Lavinia, born 
Nov. 8, 1834, died Feb. 19, 1837; Mary L., born Feb. 13, 1836, 
died Aug. i. 1858; Augusta E., born Nov. 13, 1841, died Sept. 
22, 1862. Columbus lived on the old homestead ; died July 26, 
1877. Mary H., his wife, died Jan. 21. 1887. Rodolphus 
removed to Minneapolis, Minn., where he now resides, — is in 
business there. He married Leonora M. Hasley and had two 
children — Frank N., born Feb. 28, 1858; Leonora L., born July 
7, 1865, who also reside at Minneapolis, Minn. 

John F. married twice ; his first wife, Eliza A., a daughter 
of Thomas Additon, died March 15. 1862. Sept. 19, 1863, he 
married Emeline, a daughter of Timothy Foster, a life-long resi- 
dent of Leeds. They have but one child now living, viz. : Ger- 
trude M., an estimable young lady. 

John F. is an extensive farmer, whose name is of frequent 
occurrence in the list of civil officers of the town. As a breeder 
of cattle and horses he has acquired a reputation. His is a 
familiar name to many of the people of Androscoggin and adjoin- 
ing counties. 

Note. — In the absence of records, remote incidents and dates, 
and especially the latter, are liable to meet with changes when 
handed down from generation to generation only from memory. 
As stated in the foregoing biography of the Jennings family, the 
date of settlement in Littleborough — 1783 or '84 — may be correct 
and probably is ; but the place and date of birth of Samuel, Jr., 
eldest child of Samuel one of the two pioneer brothers, which was 
Sandwich, Mass., Feb. 7, 1787; and the place and date of birth of 



84 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Alexander, eldest child of John the other pioneer brother, which 
was Winthrop, Ale., Dec. 18, 1787, would indicate that the two 
brothers settled there and lived four or five years the lives of 
bachelors, or settled there with their families about the year 1790. 



TURNER FAMILY. 

The earliest available records of the progenitor of the Turner 
family in this country from whom descended the settlers of 
Leeds, make mention of George^ who settled early in West 
Bridgewater, Mass., and died there about 1696, at which date 
John Turner-, son of George^ settled his father's estate. It is 
also record matter that in 1668 George^ was to maintain his 
brother, John Robbins Turner. In 1678 Thomas Turner was a 
town officer in West Bridgewater, showing conclusively that at 
that date there were, at least, three Turners, and presumably 
George^ and two brothers. John-, a son of George' and his wife 

Hannah — ; , had issue John^, born in 1686; William^, born in 

1687, and Hannah, born in 1689. Both John- and his wife Han- 
nah, died in 1728. The son, William^, married in 1714 Eleanor, 
a daughter of Abiah Whitman, of Weymouth. She w^as born in 
that town in 1688. Their children were: Mary, born in 1715; 
Eleanor'', in 1717; Hannah*, in 1719; Margaret* and Elizabeth*, 
in 1722; Joanna*, in 1725, and George*, in 1728. William^ died 
in 1747. Of his children, Eleanor married in 1740, Jacob 
Macomber ; Hannah married James Lindsey in 1744; Margaret 
married Joseph Grossman, of Easton, in 1756; Elizabeth married 
Thomas Lindsey in 1745, and Joanna married David Manley in 

1752. The only son, George*, and his wife. Desire , had 

issue Josiah"', l3orn in 1754, Mary'^, born in 1755. His wife, 

Desire, died in 1756, and in 1759 he married Jane , who 

bore him William^, in 1760; Desire', in 1761 ; George^, in 1763; 
Isaiah^, in 1764; Jenny^, in 1766; George^ and Isaiah^, in 1769, 
and Alpheus^, in 1779. Josiah^, the eldest son of George*, mar- 
ried in Bridgewater, Lydia Pettingill in 1778. To them were 
born in that town five children, and in Leeds five children, to wit: 
Cynthia, Feb. 15, 1779; Joseph, March 19, 1781 ; George, Jan. 2, 
1783; Lewis, Nov. 15, 1784; Lydia, Oct. 16, 1786; in Leeds, 
Josiah, Jr., Jan. i, 1789; Desire, March 31, 1791 ; Benjamin, 
April 6, 1793; Hannah, July 10, 1797, and Diana, Oct. 18, 1799. 

In 1787 Josiah^ and his half-brother, William^, moved with 
their families to Leeds, the former settling on the west side of 
Quaker Ridge where Josiah'', his grandson, now lives, and the 
latter in the east part of the town. Of the children of Josiah" 
and Lydia Pettingill, Cynthia® parried Stephen Welcome and 
settled in the extreme south-western part of the town near the 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 85 

Center Bridge, where he was many years in trade. They had no 
issue but brought up several children of their relatives. 

Joseph" married first, Deborah Gilbert, and remained on the 
homestead of his father. To them were born six children, to wit : 
Eunice, July 25, 1803; Phillips, Aug. 8, 1805; Joseph, Jr., Nov. 
5, 1807; Julia Ann, Oct. 13, 1809; Joanna, Feb. 26, 1812; and 
William G., April 21, 1814. 

Joseph*^ married second, Hannah Pettingill, to whom was 
born John, Oct. 14, 1816, died March i, 1817; Deborah, Febru- 
ary, 1818; Lydia. November, 1820; Cynthia, 1822, died in 1826; 
Jane R., Aug. 7, 1824; Cynthia W., Sept. 15, 1826, and Josiah, 
Oct. II, 1829. 

Joseph'' married third, Mrs. Esther Scammon. No issue. 
He died April 30, i860; his first wife April 24, 1814; his second 
wife, , and his third wife, Sept. 29, 1855. 

George'^, third child of Josiah^ and Lydia Pettingill, married 
Betsey Gilbert and settled on the farm now owned by E. V. 
Daly. They had issue Cynthia, b. Dec. 10, 1801 ; d. July 19, 1803; 
Betsey Palmer, b. Oct. 2, 1803; Cynthia, b. March 31, 1805; 
Sobrina, b. Oct. 3, 1807; George Washington, b. March 6, 1810; 
Lydia, b. Jan. 21, 1812 ;Deborah, b. May 2. i8i4;d. Sept. 3, 1815; 
Josiah, b." May 25, 1816; Hannah, b. Oct. 11, 1818 ;William, b. 
Feb. 2^, 1821 ; John, b. Aug. 10, 1823; Sarah, b. Nov. 13, 1826; 
Benjamin, b. July 8, 1828, and Martha Ann, b. March 25, 1832. 

George Turner", Esq., died Oct. 2, 1862, and his wife April 
8, 1854. f 

Lewis", the fourth child of Josialv'', married Hannah Collier 
and lived on the north end of Quaker Ridge. Their children 
were Oscar Dunreath", b. May 29. 1809; Joshua Shaw^, b. July 
13, 181 1 ; Francis Ormaji, b. March 24, 1813; d. July 30, 1818; 
Lucius Clark, b. Dec. 15. 1816; Amanda Fitzelen, b. Oct. 20, 
1822, and Charles Osburn, b. Jan. 25, 1826. 

Lewis Turner" died Aug. 19, 1866. 

Lydia", the fifth child of Josiah", married Masey Sylvester. 

Josiah", Jr., sixth child, married Almira Smith. 

Desire", seventh child, married Caleb Wing. 

Benjamin", eighth child, was never married. 

Hannah", ninth child of Josiah\ married Moses Collier. 

Diana", the youngest child, married Almond Smith. 

Of the children of Joseph", the eldest son of Josiah'^, one of the 
pioneer settlers of Leeds, Eunice", his eldest child, married 
Abiatha Briggs and settled in Parkman. 

Phillips" married Mary L., a daughter of Hon. Stillman and 
Lydia (Lothrop) Howard and resided on the farm now owned 
by Mr. Seymour. They had issue two children : Victoria Helen, 
b. March 3, 1838, and Herbert Phillips, b. Nov. 3, 1842; d. Feb. 
2, 1846. Victoria H. married Stephen R. Deane z^pril 3, 1859, 



86 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

and is the mother of four children, three of whom are now hving, 
of which further mention is made m an article on the Deane 
family. 

Phillips' died March 3, 1844, and his wddow Aug. 17, 1856. 

Joseph' married Ann Coburn. They had no issue. The 
care of a near relative of the wife, who had a cancer, was assumed 
by them and they both died of cancer when comparatively young, 
with only a few months intervening. 

Julia Ann' married Stillman L. Howard, Esq. They had 
issue nine children, of whom mention is made in the Howard 
family. She died March 7, 1901, at the advanced age of 91 
years. Although an invalid for several years, her mental facul- 
ties were unimpaired. To her w^onderful memory the writer is 
indebted for much of the data embodied in this article. 

Joanna", died ]\farch 8, 1835, at the age of 2^^ years, unmar- 
ried. 

William G". was but three days old when his mother died. 
He was reared by his uncle and amit, Stephen Welcome. Anna 
Clark Robb, his first wife, to whom he was married in Novem- 
ber, 1835, lived less than one year thereafter, dying without issue. 
His second w-ife was Mary S. Loring. Their place of residence 
was that where he was reared, near that of the late I. B. Additon. 
Their children were Stephen Welcome, b. Dec. 6, 1838; Anna 
Clark, b. Jan. 24, 1840; Henry Sewall, b. Feb. 13, 1841 ; Cynthia 
Welcome, b. Dec. 16, 1842; Samuel Loring, b. July 19, 1844; 
Mary Thomas, b. Feb. 6, 1847: d. March 5, 1850, and William P., 
Hannah E. and Jacabina — small children — who died of diphthe- 
ria in March, 1862. William G". was a soldier in the Civil War. 
He removed from Leeds to Bedford, Mass. He died in Ply- 
mouth, in 1897. 

John'', the eldest child of Joseph" and his second wife, Han- 
nah Pettingill, died March i, 18 17, when a few months old. 

Deborah'^, their second child, married in April, 1838, Edward 
Gilbert, and settled in Leeds, but subsequently in Vassalboro. 
They had three sons, — Wallace, A-'antile and Ellerson, all of 
whom were in the Civil War. Deborah died in 1899. 

Lydia^, their third child, married John S. Loring. Had 
issue. 

Cynthia, their next child, died at the age of two years, in 1826. 

Jane R.'', their fifth child, died when a young lady. 

Cynthia^, their next child, married Isaiah Gififord and settled 
in Vassalboro. They had two children, a son and daughter, the 
ktter dying at the age of eleven years. Many years Mr. Gififord 
was a deputy sheriff in Kennebec County. 

Josiah^, the youngest child of Joseph® and Hannah Pettingill, 
married Hannah E. Donham in March, 1856. They settled on 
the home farm of his father and orrandfather. Thev had issue 




JOHN TURNER, M.D. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 8/ 

Lizzie Donham, b. July lo, 1857; Ernest Linwoocl, b. Jan. 22, 
1865 ; Alice Gertrude, b. May 4, 1869. d. June 25, 1884. 

Of the children of George Turner*^, Esq., second son of 
Josiah'"', the pioneer, Cynthia^ the eldest, died when a little 
child — less than two years old. 

Betsey P.', his second child, married Hazel Rose, of Greene. 
They first settled in that town, but subsequently lived in Leeds. 
They reared a family of several children, some of whom now 
reside in the latter town. 

Cynthia', the third child, married Harrison Piper, of Port- 
land. 

Sobrina', his fourth child, remained single. 

George W., the next child, was a physician. He married 
Miss Smith and settled in Dixfield. They had no issue. He 
later married and resided in Sumner. They had one daughter, 
Lucia A. She was a graduate of the Farmington Normal School 
and a successful teacher in the schools of Lewiston many years. 
She later married C. C. Bailey of that city. Doctor Turner died 
in Sumner when the daughter was a small child. 

Lydia". the next child — no record. 

Deborah", the seventh child, died in 1815. 

Josiah", the next child — no record. 

Hannah", the next one in the list, married Solomon L. 
Lothrop and is now living at Leeds Center. Her family is made 
mention of in the Lothrop family record. 

William", the tenth child of George Turner, Esq., married 

Sarah and lived in Leeds, later removed to Lewiston but 

subsequently returned to Leeds where he died. They had three 
children, to wit: Kate Ina, b. Mav iS. 1859; Fred Otis, b. May 
13, 1861; Charles Clark, b. Nov.'8,^865. 

John', tlie next child, married in November, 1854, Elizabeth 
B. Manwell, and settled on the homestead of his father, George 
Turner, Esq. He assumed the care of his parents in their declin- 
ing years and made his the home of his father's family. He was 
an active, able, and industrious man. He did much business out- 
side of farming and held office in the town many years. After 
the decease of his parents, he changed his place of residence 
and occupied the farm where Hon. Seth Howard now resides. 
Several seasons he was in New York State, engaged in patent 
roofing business. His wife died Aug. 31, 1886, since which time 
he has been in Gardiner and is now residing in that city. They 
had issue John Manwell*, b. Aug. 12, 1856; d. Dec. 24, 1899; 
Marion Elizabeth*, b. Oct. 28, i860; Benjamin Manwell^, b. 
March 14, 1864; Lelia Annah**, b. Aug. 12, 1866: d. in 1899. 

Doctor John M. married in September, 1888, Olive M., the 
youngest daughter of Hon. Davis F. Lothrop. After a short 
residence in Bangor, they permanently settled in Gardiner, where 



88 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

the doctor established an extensive and kicrative practice. His 
standing as a physician, was among the best and his deatli was 
a heavy blow to his people and his patrons. His widow and only 
child, Florence E., born June ii, 1891, are now residing in Leeds. 

Marion Elizabeth, second child of John, was a successful 
teacher in the schools of Gardiner, and later married, in that city, 
William L. Powers, of Brownvillt. They have one child, 
John E. 

Doctor Benjamin M. Turner^, his third child, also located 
in Gardiner, where he married Carrie Dingley, of that city. He, 
too, died young (October, 1900), at the age of 36 years, leaving 
a widow but no children. 

Lelia Annah, the youngest child of John, was a teacher in the 
Gardiner schools. She was a maiden lady and died in 1899. at 
the age of 33 years. 

Sarah^, the twelfth child of George Turner*', Esq., married 
Charles Lane and lived most of her years in Leeds. They had 
no issue. 

Benjamin", whose numerical position was thirteen in the list, 
married in June. 1852. Harriet H., a daughter of Peter Lane. 
They settled on the farm of her father, now the property of their 
son, Peter L. Turner, and continued their life-long residence 
there. In connection with the farm work, for a long term of 
years he was engaged in the business of buying wool, but more 
especially in purchasing sheep, lambs, calves, hogs, beeves, etc., 
and shipping the slaughtered goods to the Boston market. He 
was a successful business man and accumulated a goodly compe- 
tency. He erected a fine and commodious set of bviildings on 
the highly enriched farm but lived only a few years to enjoy 
them. His good judgment and business tact was recognized by 
the townsmen, who elected him to positions of responsibility and 
trust. He was widely known and highly respected. His wife 
died Jan. 7, 1892. His death occurred Oct. 18, 1896. They had 
three children, two sons and a daughter. Their eldest son, 
George Henry\ b. June 2, 1855, was liberally educated and went 
from school to Portland, where he was employed in mercantile 
life. He married in that city Anme Hunter by whom he has 
one child, George Henry, Jr. He for a long time has been a 
commercial traveler, commanding a heavy salary. His natural 
business tact and experience has placed him among the best 
salesmen of that city. 

Peter L.®, the second son of Benjamin'^, was born Sept. 15, 
1857. He was educated in the schools of his native town and 
has, thus far, spent most of his life here. He assumed the farm 
cares some years previous to the death of his parents and has 
since been one of Leeds' most successful citizens. In July. 189 1, 
he married Adelaide C, a daughter of Albert Abbott and Har- 




BENJAMIN TURNER. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 89 

riet Harrington, of Medway, Mass. They have issue Harriet 
Grace, born Sept. 22. 1895 ; Benjamin Abbott, b. March 14. 1898, 
and Roy Stanley, b. April 3, 1900. Mr. Turner is a member of 
the school board and has an active interest in education and other 
public matters pertaining to the advancement of the people. 

Grace Haywood"*, the third and youngest child of Benjamin^, 
born March 10, 1863, married Arthur C., a son of Lucius Clark 
Leadbetter, of Wayne, in September, 1892. They reside in 
Portland, where Mr. Leadbetter has been engaged for several 
years in the milk business. They have no issue. 

Martha Ann', the youngest child of George Turner. Esq.,, 
married in September, 1856, Sturges N., a son of Alexander 
Jennings, and was taken to the home of his father, — 
the farm adjoining that of Peter Lane on the east, and continued 
their residence there during the life of the husband. They had 
issue. 



FOSS FAMILY. 

The earliest ancestor in this branch of the Foss family to 
whom the attention of the writer has been cited was Walter Foss, 
of Biddeford, Massachusetts, which was incorporated the fourth 
town in November, 1718. In 1762, it was divided and that por- 
tion of it lying on the east side of the Saco River was incorpor- 
ated vmder the name of Peperellboro, and later, in 1805, changed 
to Saco. Thus in what is now Saco, Me., we locate the progen- 
itor of the Fosses who settled in Leeds. Walter Foss and his 
wife, Sarah, were living in Biddeford as early as 1730. The tax- 
list of 1755 shows that his home was on the east side of the 
river, and his name is given as the eleventh in a list of twelve 
who paid the highest rates. The first paid £4 os. 5d., and the 
last paid £1 los. 2d. Walter took part in King George's war — 
he and Thomas — probably a brother — being enlisted in Capt. 
George Berry's company which belonged to Col. Waldo's regi- 
ment, and took part in the campaign for the capture of Louis- 
burg, — the French stronghold in America. The fort was taken 
June 17, 1745. The old veteran died in Peperellboro, Dec. 9, 
1791. From the family record of his children we copy: 

L Walter, Jr., m. Sept. 29, 1748, Hannah Carll. 
H. Levi—. 
HL James, bapt. at First Church, Scarborough, Aug. 16, 

1730; m. 175 1, Abigail Hill. 
IV. Pelatiah, bapt. Scarborough, Nov. 5, 1732; in Revolution- 
ary war, killed at Ticonderoga. 
V. Joseph, bapt. June 22, 1735; m. Dec. 22, 1757; buried 
Feb. 15, 1773. 



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VI. Lemuel, bapt. April i6, 1738; ni. first, Elizabeth, second, 
Olive Smith. 
VII. Sarah, bapt. April (?) 29, 1741. 
VIII. Mary, bapt. Oct. 16, 1743. 

IX. John, bapt. Feb. 15, 1746; m. May 4, 1768, Rachel Milli- 
ken. 
X. X^athaniel, bapt. Jan. 7, 1749. 
XI. Benjamin, bapt. Jan. 14, 1753; m. Mary . 

Of the above named children of Walter, the second son. Levi 
was the father of the three pioneers of Leeds, to wit : Uriah, 
Phineas, and Hannah. Little is known regarding him except his 
Revolutionary War record. His name appears on the muster roll 
of Capt. Jeremiah Hill's Company m Col. Edmund Phinney's 
Battalion of Forces, raised in the State of Massachusetts Bay, 
dated in garrison at Fort George, Dec. 8, 1776. He enlisted 
Aug. I, 1776. From Jan. 10, 1777, to Jan. i, 1778, he was cor- 
poral in Capt. Hancock's Company, Col. Vose's Regiment. At 
the end of the record he was put down as dead. His children, 
so far as known, are : 

I. Uriah, b. in Peperellboro, March 6, 1760; d. in Leeds 
June 16, 1824. 
II. Samuel, had children, George, Asa. Eliakim, Samuel^ 
and Levi. George, Asa, and Eliakim settled in 
Wayne. 

HI. Hannah, m. Isaac Boothby. Sr., who came from Peperell- 
boro to Leeds and receives mention with her family. 

IV. James, had a daughter, Sarah, who m. Benjamin Edge- 
comb. 
V. Capt. Phineas. b. in Peperellboro, Feb. 10, 1772; m. in 
1799 Rebecca, the youngest child of Thomas and 
Sarah (Paul, nee True) Stinchfield, the first white 
child born in what is now the town of Leeds, and the 
date was Dec. 11, 1780. He d. in Leeds April 13, 
1814, and his widow March 3, 1869. 

l^riah^ (Levi-, Weaker',), the eldest son of Levi\ married 
Dec. 16, 1779, Sarah Goodrich, who was born Aug. 24, 1759. 
They resided in Peperellboro, where to them were born three 
sons, — Levi, Cyrus, and Daniel, the last two being twins. Sept. 
7, 1782, he and his son, Levi, were baptised in the First Church in 
Scarborough, and on the same day both he and his wife joined 
the church. In the spring of 1786, with his little family, he left 
Peperellboro — now Saco — and came to the plantation of Little- 
borough — now Leeds — where he had bought a tract of land, 
said to contain 400 acres, on which was a heavy growth of pine. 
It was situated on the east bank of Dead River and at that time 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 9 1 

was within the Hniits of the "Livermore Grant," but subsequently 
was inckided within the boundary Hues of Leeds. On this vast 
tract of wilderness land he built a log house and hovel where 
later he erected a fine set of more modern biuldings, being the 
same now owned and occupied by a grandson, Walter Payson 
Foss. In the fall of 1785 he had visited this spot, effected the 
purchase and made a cut-down. When he came with his family 
the following spring, not unlike many of the early settlers, a tem- 
porary stay was made at the home of "Father Thomas," whose 
latch-string was always out and whose aid in preparing the first 
clearings for the harvest and constructing the new homes in the 
wilderness, was generally sought and freely given. Mr. Foss 
proved to be a valuable citizen and in later years, as may be 
learned by consulting the list of town and church officers, was a 
man who commanded the confidence and esteem of the people. 
He was a ship-carpenter. After having built his log house on 
this lot and made arrangements for the comfort of his young 
wife and children, he went to Bath, where he worked at his 
trade until he earned money enough to pay for his land. It may 
be remembered, at that time there were no well-kept highways — 
all about was wilderness. This sturdy young man walked to 
and from his Avork. making monthly visits to his home forty 
miles distant, guided in his travels only by spotted trees. He left 
his wife in care of Thomas Stinchfield, his nearest neighbor — 
three miles away. It was a brave woman who staid alone in 
that cabin home. The forests were alive with wild beasts, and 
Indians were often seen, but never molested this lone woman, who 
always treated them kindly whenever they came to the cabin. 
Both Mr. and Mrs. Foss were very benevolent, kind-hearted 
people, ever ready to do a kindness and lend a helping hand to 
new settlers as they came. They were staunch Baptists of the 
strict old school. At that time five counties only constituted the 
Province of Maine, and Kennebec extended nearly fifty miles 
north of its present boundaries, including the town of Phillips 
within its limits. The fine pine lumber on his farm proved a 
small fortune to this man, who selected it with judgment and 
foresight. Dead River served him well as a means of transport- 
ing it to the mill and market. This remarkable river 
is seven miles in length and forms the connection between the 
Androscoggin Lake and Androscoggin River. Its current varies, 
sometimes flowing into the lake and at other times into the river. 
Along the western banks farms were later taken up by David 
Berry. Daniel Parcher, Shephard Gary, Peletiah and John Gould, 
Samuel Leadbetter, Isaac Pratt, Gilman Moulton, and others, 
most of whom had large families. A brother and sister of Mr. 
Foss, Gapt. Phineas and Hannah, came to Leeds early, married, 
settled and spent their remaining years there. Hannah mar- 
ried Isaac Boothbv and further mention of her mav be found in 



92 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

the family of Mr. Boothby. Capt. Phineas lived near his 
brother, on the opposite side of where the highway was later 
built, so near that they could converse with each other while 
standing on their individual door-steps. 

With the elapse of time it was deemed necessary that a road 
be opened to connect this region and up-country settlements with 
the sea-port town of Falmouth (Portland). The route was a 
much agitated question. The county was divided in regard to 
the matter, the eastern settlers favoring one route, while those in 
the western portion desired another. While the controversy 
waxed furious, Augusta men took the opportunity to push the 
matter of opening a road which should connect this region with 
the head of navigation on the Kennebec. In this scheme were 
they aided by Deacon Elijah Livermore and Capt. Fish, who rep- 
resented the proprietors of the Livermore Grant, and succeeded 
in procuring the laying out and constructing of a road, beginning 
at the terminal point of a road from Augusta to the eastern 
boundary of Wayne, near the Craig Bridge ; thence through 
Wayne over Beech Hill to the Androscoggin River to a point a 
short distance northerly of Strickland's Ferry. Thus the settlers 
of this section of Leeds were left out in the cold. "L"'^ncle 
Uriah," though busy working on his farm, had no idea of being 
side-tracked in that way. When the new road was completed, 
he thought it time to be in evidence. He drew up a petition 
to which he obtained the signatures of his two neighbors, Thomas 
Stinchlield and Robert Gould, presented it to the County Com- 
missioners and obtained a road about six miles in length, begin- 
ning at Dead River, near the house of Stinchfield, and terminat- 
ing at the Augusta Road near Strickland's Ferry. This, together 
with the road that had been built from Farmington to Greene, 
entering the town at Beech Hill, passing along the western shore 
of the lake and so along by Lothrop's Corner and over Quaker 
Ridge, gave them extra accommodation of travel and pleased the 
Portland faction. The Augusta men railed long and loudly, but 
"L^ncle Uriah" calmly enjoyed his victory. New settlers took 
arlvantage of these facilities for travel. Brothers Stinchfield, 
Gould and Foss had a great many guests, and especially in spring 
and fall when the people in the back country were laying in sup- 
plies and hauling their products to market. For, strange to 
relate, most of the new comers and old were "Good Baptist 
Brethren." In 1820 Mr. Foss was instrumental in having 
another road laid which crossed his farm. This was a county 
road leading from the Androscoggin River north of North Tur- 
ner Bridge, by the house of Benjamin Woodman, through North 
Leeds to Wayne. 

After years of prosperity, the old family mansion was built — 
still standing w^ith its yellow coating of paint, as were all those 
built in that region in "ye olden time." 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 93 

While working on the road in June, 1824, Mr. Foss dropped 
dead near his home. His widow survived him seven years, dying 
in 183 1. Previous to his death he had settled two of his sons, 
Levi and Cyrus, on the northerly portion of his large domain, 
and after his decease the remainder was divided equally between 
two younger sons, Walter and Ruel. 

Uriah Foss was born in Pepercliboro, March 6, 1760, and 
died of heart disease in Leeds, June 16, 1824. He was of 
English descent. Sarah Goodridge, his wife, was born Ibid ( ?) 
Aug. 24, 1759, and died in Leeds Jan. 28, 1831. She was of 
Scotch ancestry. They were married Ibid. Dec. 16, 1779. The 
Robert Gould cemetery at North Leeds is their resting-place. 

Their children were : 

I. Levi, b. April 10, 1782, in Peperellboro ; d. Nov. 23. 1831. 
2-3. Cyrus and Daniel, twins, b. Jan. 21, 1785, in Peperell- 
boro; Cyrus d. Oct. 16, 1836; Daniel d. Sept. 14, 1824., 

4. Rachel, b. March 19, 1788, in Leeds: d. July 8, 1819. 

5. Ephraim W., b. Sept. 6, 1791, in Leeds ; d. Aug. 15, 1877. 

6. Thaddeus, b. July 13, 1793, in Leeds; d. May 10, 1819. 

7. Simeon, b. July 5, 1795, in Leeds; d. July 12, 1868. 

8. Sarah, b. March 25, 1797, in Leeds; d. Aug. 25, 1826. 

9. Walter, b. May 18. 1799, in Leeds; d. April 13, 1875. 
10. Ruel, b. Feb. 24, 1802; d. Jan. 21, 1877. 

Levi, the eldest son, married in September, 1802, Betsey, a 
daughter of Thomas Millett, the fourth pioneer at the head of a 
family to settle in the Plantation. They settled on the farm now 
owned by A. Dascomb and there spent their lives. He was a 
man of prominence in his town and county, and held many 
offices in both. As a Justice of the Peace it was said of him, 
"He vmited more people in marriage than any man in the county." 
He was of worth to the people in the capacity of civil engineer 
and did an extensive business in running and establishing lines. 
He died of typhoid fever at the age of 49 years. They had 
issue : 

1 Almira, 4 Rachael, 7 Eunice, 

2 Esther, 5 Levi, Jr.. 8 Jedidah, 

3 LIriah, 6 Sarah, 9 Augustus L. 

Of these children of Levi and Betsey (Millett) Foss, Almira, 
the eldest, married John Drout and had issue one daughter, 
Elizabeth. The mother went into decline and soon died of con- 
sumption. The (laughter was reared in the family of her Grand- 
father Foss. 

Esther, the second child of Levi, married Stillman Moulton 
and settled in Leeds — removed to Veazie, Me. To them were 
born three sons and a daughter who grew to man and woman- 



94 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

hood. The family subsequently moved to California, where the 
parents and two of the children died. One of the two remaining 
sons, Levi F., who resides in Colusa, is reputed to be a million- 
aire. The other son, Stillman, lives m San Jose. 

Uriah, third child and eldest son of Levi, is a familiar name 
in Leeds, and associated with it are municipal and other import- 
ant offices and public positions. He married Mary Leadbetter 
and brought her to his parental home, where they assumed the 
care of his mother and continued to reside until a few years prior 
to his death, when, after a lingering illness, he died in Farming- 
ton, at the age of 75 years. His mother died in 1853 ^^^'^ his 
widow, whose home was with her only daughter, Mrs. Jennings, 
of Farmington, died in December, 1899, at the advanced age of 
92 years. They had issue seven children : 

1. Adeline, who died when young. 

2. Fernando C, who married and settled in Oldtown, in the 
time of the Civil War received, on May 13, 1861, a Captain's com- 
mission of Co. K, 2d Maine Infantry Regiment, and continued in 
the service until Dec. 29, 1862, when he was discharged on 
account of wounds. In the first Bull Run battle his regiment 
was engaged and terribly cut to pieces. After the retreat, at the 
peril of his life, he went back to search for a brother-in-law ; and 
here we introduce a clipping from a newspaper printed at that 
time, which speaks of him as follows: "The report of the brave 
action and terrible execution among the rebels by Capt. Foss, of 
Oldtown, is undoubtedly true. In his search, after the retreat 
was commenced, for a relative, left dead on the field, he found 
him, decently composed his limbs, spread the soldier's blanket 
over him and performed the same office for another comrade. 
While doing this he came upon a rebel officer, lying wounded on 
the ground, whom he placed in an easier position, gave him drink 
from his canteen, and emptied some into the officer's canteen. 
The officer thanked him and said he should never be able to 
repay him for the kindness. Capt. Foss told him that he would 
be well cared for by his own friends, and asked him to see that 
his (Capt. Foss') dead comrades had decent burial. It was just 
after this that he was set upon by three, one or more of them cav- 
alry, whom he dispatched as we mentioned yesterday. The third 
rebel he shot from his horse and just missed catching the animal. 
Capt. Foss came to the determination that he would not be taken 
a prisoner." He had a son and two daughters. The son, 
Arthur C, who is well known on the M. C. R. R., is Station 
Agent at Danville Junction. One of the daughters is Mrs. 
Samuel P. Francis, of North Leeds ; and the other daughter 
resides in Waltham, Mass. 

3. Gidding L. was twice married and resides in Farmington. 
By his first wife, Cordelia, a daughter of Harrison Gould, he had 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 95 

two children, Uriah and Anna. The former is a railroad 
employee in Syracuse, N. Y. Anna is the wife of a Mr. Donally, 
a conductor on the B. & A. R. R. By his second wife he also 
had a son and daughter. Howard C, the son, is an electrician 
and Miss Ethel, the daughter, is a student in the Farmington 
High School. 

Mr. Foss has spent much of his life in the employ of the M, 
C. R. R. Co., and later held a position on the Sandy River Rail- 
road. He has now retired from active life — in poor health. 

4. Orrah M. married G. F. Jennings and resided for a time 
in West Leeds. To them were born a son, Elmer E., and a 
daughter, Flora M.; after which time they removed to Farming- 
ton where Mr. Jennings w^as in the employ of the Maine Central 
Railroad twenty-live years, when he retired from active business 
life by reason of the infirmities of age. The son, Elmer E., mar- 
ried Mary Virginia, a daughter of I. S. Jacobs, of Farmington; 
and the daughter. Flora M., married J. Eugene Brown, who is a 
printer in that town. They have two children, Zilda J., and 
Leo J., aged 10 and 6 years, respectively. 

5. Cordellus, after a course at Colby College, studied medi- 
cine with Doctor Edgecomb, in Auburn. When his studies had 
been nearly completed, he sickened with fever and died at the 
Elm House, in that city. 

[An old adage in the family is. "'A Foss w^as never known to 
live who had a fever."] 

6. Volney H., when 18 years old, enlisted in the ist Maine 
Cavalry, — was in the service during the remainder of the Civil 
War. He experienced many hardships, sickness and wounds, 
but unflinchingly and heroically stood at his post until his Regi- 
ment received its discharge. On returning to Maine and 
recuperating, he entered the employ of the M. C. R. R., where he 
remained nearly forty years. He married a Miss Heath, of 
Farmington, and his present residence is in Bangor, where he 
has a fine home. They have issue two daughters and a son. 
The daughters are both married, the eldest residing in Everett, 
Mass., and the younger in Bangor. The son is a graduate of 
Tufts College, and a civil engineer in Boston. 

7. Hartland. the youngest of the seven children of Uriah 
and Mary (Leadbetter) Foss, on arriving to manhood, obtained 
a position as fireman on a locomotive on the Farmington Branch 
of the M. C. R. R. In a remarkably short time he was placed in 
charge of an engine, and later, was retained at headquarters in 
Portland, under advanced pay as a special runner, and when 
quick runs were to be made, and especially when the officers' 
train passed over the road, Harty was at the lever and throttle. 
He was fearless, always ready to undertake the most difficult 
feats, and the faster he drove the better he seemed to enjoy it. 



96 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Later, he removed to Water Valley, Miss., where the country 
was better adapted to making fast time, and where he is still in 
the enjoyment of his chosen vocation. He married Clara Wood- 
ford, of North Leeds, and had issue one son and two daughters. 
Leroy, the son, is a locomotive engineer on the M. C. R. R., and 
lives in Lewiston. He married Fannie Rafter and has two sons, 
William and Charles, aged 10 and 7 years respectively: Rena 
May, the eldest daughter, married F. A. Chaplin and resides in 
Portland, Me. ; Georgie Baker, the other daughter, is with her 
parents in their home in Mississippi. 

Rachael, fourth child of Levi, married John Higgins, of 
Starks, Me., in which town their five children were born, all of 
whom lived and grew to man and womanhood. The family later 
moved to Hutchinson, Minn., where the parents died. Their 
eldest child. Almira, married and died young of consumption, 
leaving two children. Two sons reside in that place and the 
other two, Holmes B. and Wilbur T., in San Jose, Cal. Levi, 
Jr., fifth child of Levi, married Emeline Leadbetter and settled 
in Wayne village, where he built a dwelling house which is still 
known as the Levi Foss house. In 1849, when gold was first 
discovered in California, he was among the first to seek a for- 
tune there. At the close of a successful year, he sent for his 
wife and son who joined him there. The parents are now dead. 
The son survives and continues his residence in that State. 
Sarah, better known as Sally, sixth child of Levi, married Beniah 
Taylor and their place of residence was Weeks Mills, in the town 
of New Sharon, Me. They had one daughter and three sons. 
Sarah Jane, the daughter, married John Jerry, and died of con- 
sumption in Farmington. leaving one daughter, w4io is now Mrs. 
Burns, of Nashua, N. H., to which place the family had moved, 
and in which city Sarah died at the ripe age of 80 years. Mr. 
Taylor, the husband and father survives in the home of his only 
remaining son, Hon. James M. Taylor of that city. 

Eunice, the 7th child of Levi, married Amos Woodward. 
Their home was in Nashua, N. H., and there Eunice died, with- 
out issue, at the age of "jy years. Her husband survives and 
resides in that city. 

Jedidah. the youngest daughter of Levi, married George Har- 
mon and settled in Livermore, — near the "Norlands," — where 
they reared a large family. In 1859 they emigrated to what was 
then called "The Far West" — Colorado — and lived to see that 
State grow up in population, thrift and wealth. The father died 
some years since, and the mother in May, 1900. They left four 
children, all of wdiom reside in Watson, Pitkin County, Col. 

Augustus L.. the youngest child of Levi, married Caroline, a 
daughter of Col. Leavitt Lothrop, of Leeds, in which town they 
spent most of their married life. He was a successful farmer. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 97 

They had a family of eight children. Frank, a young man of 
great promise, sickened with fever and died in 1869, at the age 
of 20 years ; Lizzie died in Chicago ; Emma resides in Valejo, 
Cal. ; Levi lives in Collegeville. Cal., and Carrie F. Barker, his 
sister, a graduate of the Farmington Normal School, resides 
with him ; Mrs. Jennie F. Kenniston, another sister, lives in 
Auburn, N. H. ; Warren L., the youngest child, is in the hard- 
ware business in Fort Wayne, Ind. 

Augustus L., the father, died of heart failure at North 
Leeds, March 21, 1882, at the age of dy years. His widow has 
a home with their daughter, Jennie, in New Hampshire. 

I. Capt. Cyrus^ (Uriah^ Levi^, Walter^) second son of 
Uriah and Sarah (Goodridge) Foss. born in Peperellboro. June 
21, 1785, married Mary — called Polly — a daughter of Giddings 
and Jemima (Norris) Lane, July 10, 1808, who was born in 
Leeds, Feb. 6, 1790. 

He served as a private in Capt. Nathaniel Pettingill's com- 
pany of drafted militia, in Lieut. -Col. Ellis Sweet's Reg't, on 
duty at Bath and vicinity in 1814. He was later commissioned 
Captain of a militia company. He was constable and collector of 
taxes in Leeds from 1823 to 1831, and a Justice of the Peace 
many years. He settled on the farm and biiilt the house now 
owned and occupied by Mr. A. Barker, where he afterward lived 
and died. He was a kind-hearted and benevolent man, a good 
neighbor, valuable friend, and a helper of the poor. He died in 
Leeds, Oct. 16, 1836, and his widow, in Livermore, Sept. 6, 1871. 
They are resting in the cemetery near the river at North Leeds. 

To them were born in Leeds, 1 1 children, to wit : Christo- 
pher Gore, Giddings Lane, Jemima Lane, Daniel, Cyrus Wilson, 
Thaddeus Warsaw, Alpheus Lane, Anourille Coolidge, Rosalinda 
Lane, Mary Jane, Josephine Bonaparte. 

L Christopher G., b. May 22, 1809; rn- J^"- 7' 1835, Olive 
Lothrop, b. June 14, 1806. Their last place or resi- 
dence was Milo, Me. Mr. Foss was postmaster in 
that town from 1837 to 1843, s"<^ ^ Justice of the 
Peace many years. He died there Nov. 21, 1843, ^"^ 
his widow Feb. 15, 1889. No issue. 
H. Giddings L., b. Sept. 23, 1810; d. in Leeds Dec. 18, 1837; 
unmarried. 
HL Jemima L., b. Sept. 5, 1812; m. in Leeds. Aug. 27, 1835, 
Lewis Page True, son of Daniel and Sally (West) 
True, of Litchfield, who was born in that town May 
18, 181 1. They had seven children, of whom three 
are now living in Portland. One only was b. in 
Leeds — Emma Sarah, June 8, 1840. 



98 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

IV. Daniel, b. July 25, 1814; m. July 10, 1841, Nancy, an 
only daughter of James and Mary (McKenny) Moul- 
ton, of Wayne. She was born April i, 18 12. Mr. 
Foss was an Inn-keeper in Wayne several years, 
dying there Sept. 21, 1858, and his widow, who later 
m. Hiram Hinds, d. April 22, 1892. No issue. 
V. Cyrus W., b. Aug. 15, 1816; m. first, Aug. 21, 1839, 
Charlotte Towle, of Bangor. She was b. there Sept. 
5, 1817. To them were born in that city four chil- 
dren. Mrs. Foss d. in PJangor, July 29, 1849. He 
m. second, Jan. 22, 1850, Catherine B., a daughter of 
Andre and Catherine M. (Murphy) Swanson, of 
Philadelphia, Pa. She was b. in that city Jan. 8, 
1828. They had issue two children, one of whom, 
Mrs. Aubrey Edgecomb, is now residing at North 
Leeds. Of the children of Cyrus W., four are now 
living. Mrs. Foss d. in Philadelphia, Dec. 15, 1883, 
and Mr. Foss d. in North Leeds, Feb. 23, 1890. 
VI. Thaddeus W., b. June 12, 1818; m. Aug. 17, 1841, Martha 
Jane Shaw. They had two sons, both of whom, with 
their mother, are residents of Augusta, Me. Mr. 
Foss d. in that city April 27, 1885. 
VII. Alpheus L., b. June 8, 1820; m. in Lowell, Mass., Feb. 
18, 1843, Abigail Jane Hall, who was b. in Paris, Me. 
They had two daughters, one of whom is living. 
Botli Mr. and Mrs. Foss d. in Des Plaines, 111. 
VIII. Anourille C, b. Oct. 29, 1822: d. in Leeds, Feb. 20, 1842; 
unmarried. 
IX. Rosalinda L., b. in Leeds, June 3, 1825; m. in that town, 
Jan. 4, 1848, Benjamin, Jr., a son of Capt. Benjamin 
and Sarah (Foss) Edgecomb, who was b. in Liver- 
more, Me., Jan. 17, 1824. They settled in Liver- 
more, where they continued their residence many 
years but subsequently purchased the old farm at 
North Leeds, cleared and settled by Robert Gould, 
who came early to the town. Here they lived 
together until the death of Mr. Edgecomb, which 
occurred Aug. 5, 1900, and here the widow continues 
to reside. They had issue two sons and a daughter, 
to wit : Aubrey Wilson, Sarah Etta and Eli. 
1. Aubrey Wilson, b. in Livermore March 19, 1849; 
m. in Philadelphia, Pa., April 7, 1879, Annie W., 
a daughter of Cyrus W. and Catherine B. Foss. 
She was b. in Philadelphia Nov. 4, 1850. Their 
residence is at North Leeds. He is a farmer on 
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are Mary Cardiff, b. in Leeds Aug. 15, 1881 ; 
m. Dec. 15, 1900, James B. Neal, of Leeds, who 
is a successful farmer ; Sarah Etta, b. in Leeds 
March 31, 1886, who is a student in the 
"Leavitt Institute." 
n. Sarah Etta, b. in Augusta, Me., March 2, 1836; 
d. in Livermore Jan. 27, 1861. 
in. EH, b. in Livermore Sept. 13, 1863; m. in Auburn, 
May I, 1892, Eva Mae, a daughter of Loring 
Curtis and Martha (Bragdon) Fickett. She 
was b. in Auburn ('.)ct. 29, 1871 ; is a graduate 
of Edward Little High School and an assistant 
teacher with her husband. He graduated from 
Bates College in the Class of 1890; is Principal 
of Leland and Gray Seminary in Townsend, Vt. 
X. Mary Jane, b. Aug. 4, 1827; d. in Lincoln, Me., Nov. 20, 
1 84 1 — unmarried. 
XI. Josephine B., b. Sept. 8, 1830; m. in Wayne, April 2, 
1850, John Wesley, a son of Rev. Daniel and Mary 
(Knight) Clark, who was b. in Minot, Me., March 
29, 1826. Their place of residence is Hallowell, Me. 
They had two children, both of whom are dead 
Daniel'* (Uriah^, Levi^, Walter,^), third son of Uriah, the 
pioneer of Leeds and the twin brother of Cyrus, born in Peperell- 
boro, June 21, 1785; m. first, Eunice Lane, in February, 1807; 
and second, a Widow Scammon, whose maiden name was Tur- 
ner. His place of residence was Leeds Center, and it is said 
that what was known by the name of "Dwinold house" was his 
home. He was a carpenter by trade and built many of the resi- 
dences in Leeds and adjoining towns. He died at the age of 36 
years Jan. 14, 182 1. We are not informed of his having left 
any issue. 

Rachael, fourth child of Uriah, b. March 19, 1788 — his first 
child born in what is now Leeds ; in July, 1804, m. John 
Leadbetter, by whom she had five children, to wit : Alva, 
Aseph, Eliza, Warren, and Rachael. For a good reason she 
returned to her parental roof with her children, where they 
were brought up in the family of their grandparents. She d. 
July 3, 1819, at the early age of 32 years. 
Ephraim W., fifth child of Uriah, b. Sept. 6, 1791 ; m. first, 
Mehitable S. Church, of Phillips, in December, 1826, in which 
town they resided several years, where their two sons, one 
of whom d. in infancy, were born. The other son, Ephraim 
D., now a gentleman of 83 or more years, residing in Maine- 
ville, Ohio, is the father of seven children, five of whom are 
living in that state. He m. second. Harriet Townsend, of 
LolC. 



lOO HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Auburn, Me., by whom he had three daughters, Marcena, 
Almira, and Orissa. For more than thirty years Marcena 
was a sucessful milliner in Wayne village, where she is now 
retired from business and spending the remainder of her single 
life. 

Almira m. J. D. Martin, of Everett, Mass. They have 
one daughter, Hattie, who is the wife of E. Clarence Colby of 
Everett, by whom she has a son, — Fred. 

Orissa m. George D. Plimpton, of Litchfield. They had 
issue Fannie, who m. W. A. Braley, of Lewiston, and has a 
son George ; and George Elias, who m. Alice Bradstreet, of 
Augusta, and now resides in Bath, Me. 

Mr. Foss was a farmer, jeweler, and for many years a 
Justice of the Peace. From Phillips he came to Leeds where 
he resided several years on the farm occupied by Everett 
Carver ; thence he moved to Beech Hill, in Wayne, and years 
later to Wayne village, where he died at the home of his 
daughter Aug. 15, 1877. 
Thaddeus, sixth child of Uriah, b. June 13, 1793; m. Jerusha 
Hanes, by whom he had one daughter, Columbia. Thaddeus 
was a Methodist preacher and acquired a reputation as an 
interesting and efificient speaker. He died May 10, 1819, at 
the early age of about 26 years. His widow m. Job Haskell, 
of East Livermore. 
Simeon, seventh child of Uriah, b. July 5, 1795 ; studied medicine 
and became an eminent physician in Belfast, Me. .where he set- 
tled. He m. first, Sarah Norris, by whom he had two 
daughters — twins — Frances and Florilla. He later moved 
to Lisbon, Me., where his wife died. He married second, a 
lady who bore the name of Cousens, and whose residence 
was Portland. He died July 12, 1868. 
Sarah (Sally), eighth child of U^riah, b. March 25, 1797; m. 
Alpheus Lane, had two children, Sarah and Sewall, both of 
whom died young; and the mother died in Wayne, Aug. 25, 
1826, at the age of 29 years. 
Walter, ninth child of Uriah, b. May 18, 1799, was a man of 
prominence in his native town. His name is in evidence 
with most of the enterprises and industries intended to 
improve the condition of the people financially, morally 
or spiritually. He was a Baptist minister, ordained as 
early as 1826, and his untiring labors in connection with 
his pastorate at Keene's Corner are portrayed in the history of 
that church. Nearly fifty years he was a preacher of the 
gospel. Few there are who realize the interest he felt and the 
work he did in connection with the "Union Chapel" near his 
home, that it might be preserved in cleanliness and remain 




REV. WALTER FOSS. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS lOI 

a lasting structure in which children and children's children 
could assemble for Divine worship. Since his death this 
work has cheerfully been taken up and faithfully performed 
by his son, Walter Payson, who is deserving of much credit 
for the same. He solemnized nearly 500 marriages, and his 
funeral services exceeded that number. In 1826 he was 
appointed postmaster, which office he held many years. In 
1823 he became a Mason and at the time of his death was 
chaplain of Oriental Star Lodge. 

Immediately near the chapel Mr. Foss selected a beautiful 
spot and laid out a cemetery where he should rest from his 
labors and gather around him his children and grand- 
children, who are many. He m. Dorcas S. Morrison, of 
Wayne, in 1826, who was b. Aug. 10, 1806. He died April 
12, 1875, and his widow April 29, 1882. To them were born, 
on the "old Foss homestead," at North Leeds, 15 children, all 
of wdiom were living when the youngest was four years of 
age. They were namely : 

Lucy M., b. Jan. 14, 1827; m. Jonathan Moulton, of Wayne, 
Dec. 5, 1852, by whom she had two sons. 

1. Sumner C, b. Oct. i, 1853; d. Oct. i, 1876. 

2. James M., b. Sept. 26, 1859; n^- Sarah, a daughter 

of Seth Stinchfield ; resides in Wayne ; has four 
children, Jonathan E., Nancy L., James W., and 
Estella A. 
Jonathan Moulton d. Nov. 7, 1887; Lucy, his widow, 
d. Jan. 3, 1894. 
John M., b. Dec. 29, 1827; d. iu Leeds Jan. 3, 1875. 
Thomas C, b. March 18, 1829; m. Dec. 12, 1854, Elizabeth 
Cobb, of Leeds, b. July 13, 1835. About the time of his 
marriage and the construction of the railroad from Leeds 
Junction to Livermore Falls, he built a house, stable and 
store at North Leeds, where he engaged in trade, in 
which business and place he continued during the 
remainder of his life, making a specialty of wool buying. 
When his store was in readmess to receive goods, he 
invited his brother-in-law, Jonathan Moulton, who was a 
merchant in Wayne village (a man who was fond of 
practical jokes), to accompany him to Portland, intro- 
duce and recommend him to the wholesale dealers with 
wdiom he might open an account ; which invitation was 
cheerfully accepted. It was necessary at that time, for 
Mr. Foss to ask for some credit, and feeling, naturally, 
a little delicate, gave Mr. Moulton an opportunity which 
he improved. Entering a place of business he thus pre- 
sented Mr. Foss : "Let me introduce a young man from 
the country who wishes to do business with you. I will 



I02 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

recommend him to be good for all he pays for, Mr. 
Foss — Mr. Milliken." They had issue: 

1. V. Richardson, b. June 3, 1857; d. in Portland 

March 3, 1896. 

2. Isabella, b. Aug. i, 1862. 

3. Preston W., b. Sept. i, 1865 ; d. in Leeds Aug. 23, 

1869. 

4. Grace, b. May 21, 1871. 

5. Catherine, b.'Oct. 5, 1874. 

6. Thomas C, b. May 26. 1878. 

Elizabeth, wife of T. C. Foss, d. Aug. 6, 1882. He 
m. second, Abby J. Cox, of Gardiner, who d. 
Oct. 25, 1891, leaving no issue. ]\Ir. Foss d. 
Nov. 22, 1 89 1. 

4. Sarah E., b. Sept. 19, 1830; in. Emery, only son of Asa 

Foss, of Wayne, March 7, 1852, who was born in Wayne 
April 10, 1823. Her children were : 

1. John M., b. in Wayne Jan. 20, 1854. He spent 

several years in Wisconsin. 

2. Walter E., b. July 29, i860; m. Cora, a daughter of 

E. B. Chandler, formerly of Wayne. Resi- 
dence, Norway, Me. 
Sarah E. d. in Wayne Feb. 4, 1864. Emery Foss d. in 
Wayne Sept. 11, 1872. 

5. Adoniram Judson, b. Jan. 30, 1832; m. Theresa, b. May 24, 

1835, a daughter of Franklin Howard, of Leeds, Jan. 30, 
1859, ^"<^ "ow resides on the farm which was taken up 
by his wife's grandfather, Capt. Seth Howard, and the 
same on which Gen. O. O. Howard and brothers were 
born. In early manhood Mr. Foss was in trade with 
Wellington Hunton. at Livcrmore Falls ; from which 
place he went to California, where he remained several 
years, later returning to his native town, where he has 
since lived. He is an industrious and intelligent farmer. 
His executive ability and business capacity, recognized 
by his townsmen, have been exercised in the offices within 
their gift. To them were born two daughters : 

1. Lena H., b. in Leeds March i, 1867. 

2. Lucy M., b. in Leeds Sept. 15, 1878. 
Theresa, his wife, d. in Leeds Jan. 18, 1897. 

6. Ann H., b. Aug. 18, 1833 ! "i- Adoniram Judson Lane Sept. 

18, 1853, "who was b. in Leeds July 18, 1830. They 
reside on the farm which was taken up and settled by 
Oliver Otis. Their children were : 

1. Ada A., b. May 23, 1855 ; d. Nov. 8, 1873. 

2. Fremont, b. Jan. 21, 1857; d. June 30, 1863. 



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3. Willie E., b. Aug. 11, i860; d. May 29, 1899. 

4. Sarah E., b. May 28, 1864. 

5. Scott W., b. Sept. 13, 1865. 

6. Allie, b. July 4, 1873 ! ^1- Sept. 6, 1874. 

7. Issacher, b. Sept. 7, 1877. 

7. James ^L. b. Aug. 4, 1835 ; died at McDougal Hospital, 

New York, Nov. 4, 1864, from wounds received while in 
action at Newbern, N. C. He enlisted in the 44th Reg- 
iment Massachusetts Volunteers, and later in Co. I, 59th 
Regiment, in which he was a Sergeant. 

8. Dorcas E., b. Dec. 14, 1836; m. Nov. 4, 1857, Russell S. 

Lin.scott, b. in Nashua, N. H., Jan. 22, 1835. They had 
issue : 

1. Walter, who died in infancy or when a small boy. 

2. Hattie E., b. in Boston Dec. 14, 1859. 

Dorcas E. d. in Boston Dec. 21, 1859; Mr. Linscott d. in 
Oakland, Cal., Aug. 30, 1887. 

9. Laura M.. b. May 22, 1839; d. Feb. 25, 1852. 

10. Rachael E., b. Dec. 6, 1840; d. Jan. 28, 1853. 

11. Catharine M., b. June 6, 1842; m. April 6, 1871, Melvin 

Berry, b. in Leeds in 181 5. They had no issue. She 

d. in Leeds Sept. 10, 1874. He d. in Leeds Mav 10, 
1888. 

12. Walter Payson, b. Jan. 6, 1844; m. Dec. 25, 1874, Hattie F. 

Cox, who was b. in Gardiner, Nov. 9, 1841. They reside 
on -the homestead of his father and grandfather who 
redeemed it from the forest. The house in which they 
live is the handiwork of the pioneer, Uriah. Mr. Foss 
i? a neat and careful farmer, and for a time made a 
specialty of sheep-raising. He has been a buyer of wool 
and still continues in the business, but the scarcity of 
sheep limits purchases to small and scattered lots. He 
has been a member of the Board of Selectmen and 
officiated in various other positions of trust. The care 
of his parents was entrusted to him, which duty he faith- 
fully and tenderly performed. Nor did his labors cease 
when thev were laid at rest in that place which had been 
so carefully and beautifully prepared by the father. The 
trust accepted of perpetuating the result of the father's 
labors will cease when he, too, shall sleep the sleep of the 
just. One child only is the fruit of his marriage, George 
M., b. Feb. 16, 1881. 

13. Vesta P.. b. Jan. 18. 1846; m. Jan. 31, 1869, Frank G. Foss, 

b. in Leeds Jan. 3, 1842. Tliey reside at North Leeds, in 
the house built by George Gould in the year 1852. Mr. 
Foss is a mason by trade, in which business he is engaged 



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when his time is unemployed on the farm. Mrs. Foss 
succeeded her son, Guy W., in the post-office, and holds 
a commission at the present time. They had issue : 

1. Alvin Wilson, b. June 3, 1871 ; d. Dec. 3, 1872. 

2. Guy Wilson, son of Frank G. and Vesta P. Foss, 

i). June 12, 1874; d. Jan. 3, 1901. He was a 
young man of sterling character, respected and 
beloved by a large cirde of friends. At the age 
of 21 years he wa!> appointed postmaster at 
North Leeds, the duties of which office he ably 
and faithfully performed until a short time prior 
to his decease. His early death was occasioned 
by consumption. 

3. Annie Howard, b. Oct. 3, 1876; m. Frank G. Davis 

Sept. 23, 1897. To them one child was born, 
Muriel, March 29, 1898 ; d. May 28. 1900. 

4. Oliver Johnson, b. Oct. 13, 1882. 

5. Frank Alaynard, b. June 29, 1890. 

14. Charles Wilson, b. Oct. 11, 1847; went to California in 1868, 

where he engaged in the lumbering business. From an 
injury received by a rolling log, he died in Nevada City, 
Aug. 31, 1868. 

15. Varnum R., b. April 10, 1850; d. Aug. 19, 1854. 

Of the foregoing fifteen children of Rev. Walter and Dorcas 
S. (Morrison) Foss, four only are now living, namely: 5, Adoni- 
ram Judson ; 6, Ann H. (Mrs. A. J. Lane) ; 12, Walter Payson ; 
13, Vesta P. (Mrs. Frank G. Foss). 

Ruel, tenth and youngest child of L^riah, the pioneer, b. Feb. 24, 
1802, m. in June, 1827, Polly Lothrop. They settled on a 
portion of his father's original homestead at North Leeds. 
He was a man whom his and the neighboring children and 
yoiuig people enjoyed very much. His cheerful nature, cor- 
dial greetings and funny sayings made him a welcome mem- 
ber in the society of people of all ages alike. His memory is 
cherished and associated with many pleasant events in the 
lives of those, his friends, who are yet in time. For a term 
of years he was postmaster, prior to the moving of the office 
from Foss' Corner to the store near the Railroad Station. To 
them were born, in Leeds, two daughters and one son, 
namely : 

1. Orintha, m. Dana Gof¥, of Auburn; issue, one son. 

2. Rodney, m. Miss Merrow. Their residence was 

Auburn. They had issue two sons. 

3. Florida, m. Capt. Benjamin J. Hill and resides in 

Auburn. They have issue one daughter. 
About 1865 Mr. Foss sold his farm at North Leeds and 
removed to Auburn, where he lived with his son, Rodnev, and 




G. W. FOSS. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS IO5 

died there Jan. 21, 1877. The forgoing comprises the descend- 
ants of Uriah'' and Sarah (Goodridge) Foss. The descendants 
of his brother follow : 

Capt. Phineas Foss^ (Levi-, Walter^), the youngest son of Levi, 
was born in Peperelll)oro Feb. 10, 1772. His father was a 
Revolutionary soldier and died in the service. When his 
brother, Uriah, came to Littleborough in 1786, Phineas was 
a lad of 14 years and living at home with his mother. After 
her decease, about 1790, he came with his sister Hannah, to 
Littleborough, where they both lived in the family of their 
brother until they had homes of their own. Phineas worked 
on the land purchased by L^riah while he was at Bath, earn- 
ing monev to finish paying for the same ; after which, he was 
rewarded for his labors by sharing a portion of it, and on 
which he erected buildings, where he resided the remainder 
of his comparatively short life. In September, 1799, he 
married Rebecca, the youngest child of Thomas and Sarah 
(Paul, ncc True,) Stinchfield — the first white child born in 
the Plantation, the date of her birth being Dec. 11, 1780. 
To them were born seven children, yet few are their descend- 
ants. Their children were : 

1. John, b. Oct. 10, 1800. 

2. Harriet, b. Aug. 14, 1802. 

3. Allura, b. Feb. 5, 1805. 

4. Alvin, b. , 1807. 

5. Eliza W., b. June 13, 1809. 

6. Loring, b. June 18, 18 12. 

7. Phineas, b. Jan. 8, 18 14. 

L John, married Laura Rowe and for a time was engaged 
in the boot and shoe business with his brother, Lor- 
ing, in Winthrop, Me. They made a specialty of 
manufacturing boots for river drivers and had a 
large trade in the eastern part of the State and in the 
Province of New Brunswick. While on a business 
trip to that locality he disappeared and his folks were 
never able to learn more of him. He left no knowq 
issue. 
n. Harriet was a maiden lady. When the buildings of Eben 
Stinchfield were burned, about 1875, in attempting to 
remove some of her effects, she was cut oflf by the 
flames and thus met her death. 

HL Allura married John Stanley, of Winthrop, in which 
town they resided. They had issue four children — 
three daughters and a son, neither of whom married. 

IV. Alvin was drowned when a small boy. 



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V. Eliza W. married in 1831 Wingate Linscott, born in 
Chesterville, Me., June 2^, 1809. Most of their mar- 
ried life was spent in New York and Boston, where 
Mr. Linscott was in bvisiness. In later years they 
purchased the old homestead of Mrs. Linscott's father 
at North Leeds, where thty constructed a fine set of 
buildings — the same now owned and occupied by 
Charles Lovell. To them were born four sons and 
four daughters, viz. : 

L Frances Ellen, born in Utica, N. Y., Jan. 12, 1832 ; 
married Henry A. Choate, of Boston, in Novem- 
ber, 1856. They had issue Alice Frances, Arthur 
Henry, and Harry Wingate. Mrs. Choate died 
in New York Nov. 30, 1901, 

2. Russell Streeter, born in Nashua, N. H., Jan. 22, 
1835; m. Nov. 4, 1857, Dorcas E., b. in Leeds, 
Dec. 4, 1836, a daughter of Rev. Walter Foss. 
They had issue a son and daughter, Walter E., 
who died in infancy, and Hattie E., born in Bos- 
ton, Dec. 14, 1859. 
Mrs. Linscott died in Boston Dec. 21, 1859; and Mr. 
Linscott died in Oakland, Cal., Aug. 30, 1887. 

3-4. Samuel C. and Calvin W., both died in infancy. 

5. Edwin Wingate. b. in Nashua, N. H., Feb. 28, 

1842 ; married in 1865 Elizabeth Razin, at Dor- 
chester, Mass. Issue, two children, Elizabeth 
and Edwin W., Jr. ; Mr. Linscott died in Brook- 
lyn, N. Y., in October, 1900. 

6. Harriet Eliza, born in Boston Nov. 14, 1844 ; died 

September, 1855. 

7. Jennie Augusta, born in Boston, Dec. 14, 

1847; married William D. Pennell at Lewiston, 
June 22, 1869. They have three children, 
Dwight Richard, Frances Cornelia, and Maude 
Robie. 

8. Caroline Wilhelmina, born in Boston Oct. 4, 1850; 

married first, in Portland in 1884, Frank W. 

Patterson, of Belfast, Me. ; second, married 

Henry D. Clark, of Belfast, Me. No issue by 

either m.arriage. 
Eliza W. (Foss) Linscott died in Lewiston, Me., June 
27, 1870; Wingate Linscott died in Brooklyn, N. Y., 
October, 1883. Both were buried in the family lot 
Forest Hill Cemetery, Forest Hill, Mass. 

VI. Loring married Jane, a dauo;hter of William and Rhoda 
(Knapp) Gott, July 15, 1838. She was born in 
Wayne, May 2, 1815. They resided for a time in 



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Leeds, but later lived many years in Winthrop, where 
he was in business. He returned to Leeds, beside 
the lake, where he died in 1895, and his widow the 
following year in Lewiston. No issue. 
VIL Phineas married a Miss Bradford, and after living some 
years in Winthrop, profited by the advice of Horace 
Greeley and went west. They reared a small family 
of smart children, to the sons of whom is entrusted 
the perpetuation of the name in this branch of the 
Foss familv. 



LEADBETTER FAMILY. 

Among the names of the early settlers is that of Leadbetter, in 
1785. In that year Increase Leadbetter, who had been a soldier 
in the Revolutionary War, with a large family came from Cam- 
den and settled in the extreme north end of the town — then a 
part of Livermore. The farm by him taken up, cleared and 
subdued, is the same now owned and occupied by Samuel P. 
Francis. His wife, who was a Miss Calderwood, with her 
parents, resided in Camden at the time of her marriage. In that 
town children were born to them to the number of seven or eight, 
and the balance of the number of thirteen were born in Leeds, 
viz. : Thomas, Benjamin, John, Samuel, James, Luther, Jabez, 
Ezra, Abigail, Betsey. Hannah, Sally, and Joanna. While in the 
war he left his wife with small children, on a farm stocked with 
cattle and sheep, all of which she cared for during his absence. 
With her own hands she sheared the sheep, carded, spun, wove, 
colored cloth, cut and made clothing for her children, and at the 
same time attended to raising crops of breadstuff, thereby mak- 
ing them comfortable while awaiting the uncertain return of the 
father. After their removal to Leeds for a time their only means 
of conveyance was by boat to and from his farm along Dead River 
and across Androscoggin Lake to Wayne Mills. Like most of 
the early settlers he was a strong, hardy man. of good physique. 
Most of his children married and settled in Leeds. Thomas 
married Miss Clark ; Benjamin m. Miss Collier ; John m. Rachael 
Foss; Samuel, born in 1774; m. Betsey Parcher, of Saco. d. Sep- 
tember. 1859, and his wife April, 1854; James, m. Fannie Otis, 
of Leeds : Luther m. Jemima Lane, of Leeds ; Jabez m. Lucretia 
Howard, of Leeds ; Ezra. m. Sally Woodman, of Leeds ; Abigail, 
m. James Lane, of Leeds ; Betsey, m. Simeon Gould, of Leeds ; 
Joanna, m. Benjamin Woodman, of Leeds; Hannah was drowned 
at the age of sixteen years, caused by the falling of a foot bridge 
across Dead River, near her father's house ; and Sally died of 
fever, the same year. 



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Of the children of Thomas and Benjamin, sons of Increase 
Leadbetter, the writer is not informed, but of the others, mention 
is here made. 

John's children were, Alvah, Asaph, Eliza, Warren and 
Rachael. 

Alvah moved to the Province of New Brunswick, married a 
Miss Durkeshire. who bore him six children. 

Asaph was killed by Indians in the far West. 

Eliza married Seth Millett, of North Leeds, and had a family 
of children. 

Warren died of fever when in 3'outh. 

Rachael married John Fletcher, and settled in Nashua, N. H. 

Samuel's children were, Mary, b. Oct. 20, 1807; m. Uriah 
Foss, lived with him lifty-five years in their home in North Leeds ; 
had a family of seven children, four of whom are living, and died 
in Farmington, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Orrah M. 
Jennings, at the advanced age of about 92 years. 

Lorenzo, b. March, 1809; was engaged in lumbering in the 
eastern part of the State several years, and subsequently in Mich- 
igan, where he died: Sally, b. Sept. 9, 181 1 ; Horace, b. Nov. 18, 
1813, spent most of his life on a farm at North Leeds, where he 
raised a family, though subsequently he went to California, 
where he died at the home of his son, Wallace; Samuel, Jr., b. 
August, 1816, married Colista, a daughter of Charles Knapp, 
settled in Glenburn, Me., raised a family of six children and died 
in that town; Emerline, b. June, 1822; Charles H., b. July, 1826, 
drowned July, 1840. 

Ezra's children were : Pamelia, Orson and Orisa. 

Jabez's children were: Nelson H., b. 1821; Rosa, b. 1823; 
Lucius Clark, b. 1825; Laura M., b. 1827; Aurelia B., b. 1829; 
Rhodephus H. and Delphina, b. 1832 ; Lucia J., b. 1836, and 
Henry B.. b. 1844. 

Joanna Leadbetter and Benjamin Woodman's children were : 
Henry, Jason. Emily, Julia, Charles, Benjamin, Edward, Sewall, 
and John. 

Betsey Leabetter and Simeon Gould's children were : Lloyd, 
Elizabeth and Frank. 

Abigail Leadbetter and James Lane's children were : Joanna, 
m. Perez Jennings: Pheba, m. Shepherd Cary; John, m. Vesta 
Phillips: Abigail, m. Stephen Rackley ; Asenath, m. Doctor 
Hale ; Eliza, m. Nathaniel Perley : Hannah, m. Ammi Wood- 
man : Columbus, m. Miss Perkins; Alden. m. Mary Rackley; 
James, m. Lovisa Wyman. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS IO9 

GEORGE FAMILY, 

Around this man cluster many and varied tales relating 10 
his birth, life, and death. He was an Englishman and is said 
to have been a member of the royal family. It is further said 
that, on account of the established laws of descent in the families 
of nobility, he, having an older brother and thus being deprived 
of equal position and honor, resolved to make his own course in 
life, and quietly leaving his home shipped on a man-of-war ves- 
sel, left England in the spring of 1778, and came out to America 
to fight in his country's cause. This was the same vessel on 
which Rev. Thomas D. Francis came, and the story of his expe- 
rience tells the story of Francis George until they separate in 
Gray, — the former returning to New Gloucester, to the house 
of Thomas Stinchfield, where he afterward remained ; and the 
latter, with his comrades, after recuperating and receiving a sup- 
ply of clothing, proceeded to Falmouth and reported for further 
orders. It is said of him further, that the inequality of birth of 
brothers and other matters in his family and nation were so dis- 
tasteful to him that he espoused the cause of independence with 
more vigor and endured the hardships of a soldier's life with less 
murmur, than any of his associates. After the war closed in 
1783 he was in Taunton, Mass., where he married a young 
widow, Charity Chubbock, who had a daughter, Charity. They 
settled, as did many of his comrades, in Saco ; but a little later — 
about 1785 — came to Littleborough and took up a piece of land 
on Fish Street, the house having stood on the east side and near 
that road, northerly and distant from the buildings now occupied 
by Seth Fish, about 20 rods. The old George well on that place 
is still utilized by Mr. Fish. Later, he dwelt on the side of the 
hill on the north side of the road, between the Foss bridge and 
the corners near the house of Freedom Gould. Later, the build- 
ings were occupied by his grandson, Seth Millett. ''A rolling 
stone gathers no moss." For a time he lived at the corners where 
the old road from the bridge across Dead River and the Otis 
Hill road intersected. In the year 1830 he purchased the build- 
ings formerly occupied by William Carver, which stood near the 
east bank of the river, nearly opposite the buildings on the town 
farm. These he removed to the place where the old George 
house now stands, on the North Leeds road, northerly of the 
dwelling of Davis P. True. There he spent the remainder of his 
long life, dying in ]March, 1852. It was said, at the time of his 
death, that his age was 112 years. In the absence of a family 
record, or other data at hand, the writer cannot vouch for the 
years, but the saying. Elezer Carver was the authority and 
claimed to have verified the statement by the military record of 
his age when he entered the Revolutionary Army. At the time 



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of his death one of the longest and most severe snow storms pre- 
vailed and ten days the roads were impassable for teams. His 
remains were kept at the house six days and finally placed on a 
horse-sled and drawn by men to the Robert Gould cemetery, a 
distance of nearly two miles, and buried. 

His children were : 

Sally, Priscilla, Francis, Jr., Lucinda, Malinda, and George 
Washington. 

Sally married John Millett in 1799 and spent her life in Leeds. 
Her children have received mention in the sketch of the Millett 
family in this work. 

Priscilla married Thomas Drinkwater, of Livermore, in July, 
1809. They settled in Palmyra, Me. 

Francis, Jr., was a minister of the gospel and became quite 
noted as a preacher. He married Nancy Fish, of Leeds, in 
August, 1818. Of his, or his sister Priscilla's family, we have 
no reliable information. 

Lucinda married Samuel Wing, of Livermore, in June, 1824. 
Their family has not been traced. 

Malinda married James Campbell, of Livermore, in March, 
1824. They settled in that town and raised a family of children, 
one of whom, John, is, or was, a resident of Fayette Mills. 

George Washington, the youngest child, married first, Mary 
Ann Gilbert, of Leeds, in March, 1832, but they lived together 
less than twenty-four hours. He married second, Clarissa 
Leighton, of Hartford,' in December, 1839, ^^^ brought her to 
his father's house where they spent their lives. Assuming the 
care of his father and step-mother, and having a large family of 
children of his own, his energies and efforts were heavily taxed 
to provide for their every want ; but his honesty and integrity 
at all times and under all circumstances were so well appre- 
ciated, that he met with success, where many would have failed. 
They had issue : 

Francis, born in 1842. 

Loren, born in 1844. 

Otis B., born in 1846. 

Augustus S., born April 3, 1848. 

Eliza Jane, born in 1850. 

Charles L., born in 1852. 

Henry, born in 1854. 

Volney, born in 1856. 

Cyrus, born in 1858. 

Francis, the eldest child, was a soldier in the Civil War. He 
enlisted in the "Third Maine Infantry Regiment," and re-enlist- 
ing when his first term ended, he went through the war. On his 
return he was some time an employe in the Elm House, in 



HISTORY OF LEEDS I I I 

Auburn. He was later in Lewiston, where he married Ida Ray. 
They had one child, Mira, who married Rev. Mr. Starbird, a 
Free Will Baptist minister, whose residence is Farmington. Mr. 
George, later, entered the employ of the Maine Central Railroad, 
and at Farmington was jammed between two cars and so badly 
injured that he never fully recovered and died in Togus, at the 
Soldiers' Home. His remains were taken to Brunswick for inter- 
ment. 

Loren, the second child, has never married. He has lived in 
several families in Leeds and Wayne, and at present is residing in 
Wayne. 

Otis B., the third child, went cut in the "Eleventh Maine 
Infantry Regiment," a substitute for Llewellyn Gould. On 
his return went to Lewiston, where he learned painting. He 
there married Amanda Hundon, of North Auburn. From 
there he removed to Brunswick. The hospital practice he 
received while in the army he here turned to good account, and 
as a professional nurse his services were in constant demand. 
Later, he took a course in Boston, learning the massage treat- 
ment wdiich he afterwards practiced successfully until his death. 

He was buried in Brunswick. He left his widow a fine resi- 
dence in that town, tenements in other villages in the State, and 
a bank account of several thousands of dollars. He had one son, 
Ernest, who is a locomotive driver on the Mountain Division of 
the Maine Central Railroad. 

Augustus S., fourth child of George W., was also in the Civil 
War. He went out in the "Eleventh Maine Infantry Regiment," 
a substitute for Ezra Ramsdell, of Leeds. After returning from 
the army he was an employe of the Elm House, Auburn. He 
married July 3, 1869, Hulda J. Sprague, of Greene. After living 
in Greene a few years he returned to his native town, where he 
engaged in farming. Later he removed to Wayne village and 
for eleven years was owner and driver of the mail stage from 
that town, first to Winthrop, and afterward to North Leeds. 
During the time he purchased a farm, about a mile from town, 
wdiere he now resides. He is past commander of Lewis H. Wing 
G. A. R. Post, and a good working officer in the Methodist 
Episcopal Church.* He is a good and respected citizen. They 
have issue Lewis W., b. April 29, 1870, and Annie A., b. March 
26, 1874. From school Lewis W. learned telegraphy and 
entered the employ of the Maine Central Railroad. He was an 
operator at Oakland, and later made station agent at that office. 
His business ability, morality, punctuality, honesty and accuracy 

* He is a member of the Norland Grange, Pomona Grange, and will l)ecome a 
member of the National Grange ere this work is issued. 



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were recognized by the higher officials and he was given full 
charge of the station at Belfast, Me., where the receipts amount 
to more than $100,000 annually. He married Georgie Todd, of 
Freeport, Me. 

They have no issue — lost one child, Donald D., b. May, 1897; 
d. Nov. 19, 1897. 

Annie A. married June i, 1895, Fred Walker, of Sabattus, 
Me. They have one child. Owen McKinley, b. Nov. 3, 1896. 

Eliza Jane, fifth child of George W., married Almond Ray, 
of Lewiston. They had four children. She died at the age of 
25 years. 

Charles L., the next child, is single. He has lived in many 
families in Leeds and Wayne and now resides in the family of 
I. D. Lincoln in the latter town. 

Henry, next in the list, has always lived in the family of R. 
S. Loring, M.D. He is a farmer "and takes special pride in the 
care of the cattle and horse stock in his charge. 

Volney and Cyrus both died young. 

George Washington was a member of Capt. Giddings Lane's 
military company that went through the Aroostook War with no 
fatalities. 

It will be noticed that the George family has been loyal and 
patriotic through its several generations. The father, son, and 
grandsons have, in turn, rallied to their country's call. 



SYLVESTER FAMILY. 

From the time of the first settlement of Leeds until a few 
years ago the Sylvester family has lived in the western part of 
the town upon the River Road. 

Here, upon the eastern bank of the Androscoggin, Harvey 
Sylvester built his cabin and settled in the wilderness, near 
where A. P. Russell now lives. He came from Greene where 
he had married his wife, Hannah Brown, and where his two 
eldest children were born. 

After living in his new home a short time, he sold part of the 
tract of land he had bought and his house to one Ramsdell and 
went farther up the river. Here he built again near the river 
and in this home lived until he built the old-fashioned house that 
still stands upon the old Sylvester place where W. C. Dunton 
now lives. This house was built about 1826. On this place 
grew to manhood and womanhood his eleven children of whom 
one only, Hannah, is still living at an advanced age. 

The family is of English descent. Harvey's grandfather 
came to the Massachusetts Colony from England and settled in 
Scituate, the tradition being that he ran away from his home 



HISTORY OF LEEDS II3 

while a young lad, and came to the new country to better his 
prospects in life. 

Harvey's father, Elisha Sylvester, was one of the first settlers 
of Greene, and the second teacher in that town. He was a suc- 
cessful teacher, a man of ability but with many peculiarities. He 
had more education than was common to those times and a talent 
for writins;- poetry, but he lacked ability to meet the realities of 
life. 

He came to Greene from Scituate. Mass., where he was born 
Nov. 28, 1752. He died Jan. i, 1836, at the age of 83 and was 
buried in Scituate, Mass. He married Abigail Palmer, of Scitu- 
ate, who died July, 1814, aged 66,' and was buried at Leeds in 
the neighborhood burying ground upon the River Road. 

Harvey Sylvester was born in Greene June 12, 1779, and 
died Nov. 12, 1864. He married Hannah Brown, of Greene, who 
was born Sept. 17, 1783, and died Aug. .3, 1870. 

The children of Harvey and Hannah Sylvester were as fol- 
lows : 

Sophronia, born Nov. 28, 1801 ; died March 16, 1884. She 
married Cyrus Leavitt, of Turner, and lived and died in that 
town. 

Lorenzo, born Aug. 23, 1803; died Nov. 24, 1883. He mar- 
ried Sarah Leavitt, of Turner, sister of Cyrus Leavitt, mentioned 
above, and died in Leeds on the home place. 

Harvey, Jr., born Aug. 23, 1805 ; died Jan. 29, 1868. Mar- 
ried Iva Taylor and died in Buckfield. 

Rosalinda, born Jan. 9, 1808 ; died Nov. 24, 1896. Married 
Amos Thomes and lived in Leeds with the exception of the last 
few years of her life, which she spent in Turner, where she died. 

Orilla, born Nov. 11, 1809; died July 4, 1873. She married 
first, Josiah Skillings ; second, G. W. Jones. She died in Greene. 

Alonzo, born Oct. 8, 181 1; died Aug. 30, 1838. Married 
Rhoda Caswell. He \vas killed by a stroke of lightning. Died 
in Livermore. 

Ruggles, born Nov. 25, 1813; died Dec. 24, 1851. He mar- 
ried Harriet Howard and died in Leeds. 

Bradbury, born Nov. 19, 181 5 ; died Aug. 31, 1889. He mar- 
ried for his first wife Lydia Bean, for second, Caroline M. Morse. 
He died in Wayne. 

Sewall, born Nov. 5, 1817; died May 16, 1876. Married Jane 
Foster, of Leeds. He died in Lawrence, Mass., where he had 
been a book-keeper for many years. 

Hannah, born Oct. 30. 1819; living. Married Charles Syl- 
vester and lives upon the old Sylvester place in Greene. 

Jeremiah, born March 12, 1822; died March 13, 1890. Mar- 
ried Rachel Brown, of Greene, and died in Chicago. 



114 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Lorenzo, second child of Harvey and Hannah, came to the 
old home place to care for his father and mother in their declin- 
ing years. He had lived previously in Livermore and Lewiston. 
In the latter place he managed successfully a boarding-house for 
mill hands when Lewiston was a small village. He was also 
well known in his own and surrounding towns as a successful 
school teacher, having taught many winters in difficult schools. 
He was a cooper by trade and some of the tubs which he made 
are still in use in Leeds. 

In politics he was a stanch Republican and a Baptist in 
religion. 

Lorenzo and Sarah Leavitt Sylvester had three children : 

Delora, born Dec. 30, 1827. Married Harrison G. O. Mower, 
of Turner, Jan. 18, 1852. 

Sophronia, born June 6, 183 1. Married Sumner Bailey, of 
Turner, June 6, 1854. 

Lorenzo Mellen. born Oct. i, 1834. Married Saphila C. 
Metcalf, of Hope, Knox County, Me., Aug. 20, 1861. 

He was born in Livermore. He attended the common 
schools and Lewiston Academy. When a young man he worked 
in the mills of Lawrence, Mass., as also did his wife before her 
marriage. This was at a time when the operatives in the cotton 
mills of the Alassachusetts cities were composed largely of ener- 
getic young men and women from the farms of Maine, New 
Hampshire, and Vermont. 

He, with his wife, came to the old place to care for his parents. 
They lived there till the fall of 1893, when they moved to Turner 
and have since made their home with their son, Arthur M. 

He was always a great reader and well informed on the topics 
■of the day. In politics it was ever principles rather than party 
with him. He was one of the first to enter the Republican party 
at its formation and was a pioneer in the Greenback movement. 

Lorenzo Melen and Saphila C. (Metcalf) Sylvester had four 
children : 

Arthur Mellen, born Nov. 30, 1865. 

Lucy Metcalf, born April 26, 1867. 

Laura Metcalf, born April 26, 1867. 

Henry Cole, b. March 26, 1874; died Dec. 4, 1896. 

Arthur M. Sylvester is a successful farmer in Turner, where 
he has a large farm upon the River Road, six miles from Auburn. 
He keeps a large herd of cows, selling the milk in Lewiston and 
Auburn. 

Lucy M. began teaching at the age of sixteen ; graduated 
from Farmington Normal School in 1888. Taught in the 
ungraded schools of the State and Grammar Schools at Bow- 
doinham, Andover and Skowhegan. From 1892 to 1894 taught 
a Grammar School in Stockbridge, Mass. Since her marriage 




LAURA M. SYLVESTER. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS II5 

to Frank H. Herrick, of Leeds, she has taught in the schools of 
that town, Wayne, and Greene. 

Laura M. began teaching at an early age. Graduated from 
Farmington Normal School in 1888. Taught in ungraded 
schools in Leeds, Monmouth, A'assalboro ; Free High School at 
Fayette and Grammar School in Bowdoinham. 

She served her town during the years of 1890 and 189 1 as 
supervisor of schools, being the only woman who has ever held 
that office in the town of Leeds. 

For the past nine years she has taught in Massachusetts, hav- 
ing taught five years in the Grammar Schools of Pittsfield, Great 
Barrington. and Stockbridge, and four years in the ninth grade. 
High School. Arlington, Mass., where she is teaching at present. 



SKETCH OF WILLIAM FISH AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 

William Fish was among the early settlers of the territory that 
is now the town of Leeds. He came here from Sandwich, Mass., 
previous to the year 1790. He was a man of great strength and 
physical endurance. He had been a sea-faring man and tradition 
says he was impressed into the service of the British navy, and 
that he cleared himself by swimming several miles to the shore. 
It is said that he afterwards joined the Revolutionary Army. His 
hearing was considerably impaired, occasioned by a fall from the 
yard-arm to the quarter-deck of a vessel. A good story is told 
of him as follows : The wives of two of his neighbors. John and 
Samuel Jennings, were visiting at his house one winter's day. A 
great storm came up suddenly and the ladies could not get home 
on foot. Mr. Fish kindly offered to take them home wdth his 
ox-team. The women were comfortably seated on the sled and 
he trudged along beside the oxen. When about half way on 
their journey the sled tongue came out. At the top of their 
voices the ladies called, but not hearing them in the blinding 
storm he kept right on till he reached the home of one of them, 
when, looking back, in great astonishment, he exclaimed, 
"Where in the ti'orld are Saiii's ivife and John's wifef" 

William Fish settled on the farm now owned by the Deane 
Brothers, on the Androscoggin River, about half a mile north 
of West Leeds village. The buildings were near the south line 
of the lot. He cleared his farm and few^ men could do as much 
w^ork in a day and still fewer could work as many days in suc- 
cession. He was converted and baptised during the great 
revival in Leeds. He lived to an advanced age and sleeps in the 
soil of his native town. 

His wife was Mehitable Tupper, of Sandwich, Mass. She 
had a sister, Olive, who married Samuel Jennings ; another sister. 



Il6 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Grace, married James Stanley, of Leeds ; and still another sister, 
Esther, married Col. John May and was the mother of Judge 
Seth May, who died in Auburn, Me., Sept. 20, 1881. 

Mrs. Fish was a person of superior intellectual attainments for 
the times in which she lived and was a teacher. She died while 
on a visit to her daughter in Wayne. Me., Jan. 10, 1838. 

The children of William and Mehitable Fish were William, 
Jr., Grace, Mary. Olive, Seth, Caroline, Patience, Desire, Enoch, 
and Warren. All were born in the town of Leeds and all lived to 
mature age. 

William, Jr., born July 25, 1790, married Lvdia Reed in 1826; 
lived in Leeds where he died in 1866. No children. 

Grace, born Oct. 15, 1792; married Abel Stevens in 1815. 
Mr. Stevens was a prosperous farmer of Fayette, Me. Their 
children were Hiram, Abel, Jr., Harriet, John and Emily. Mrs. 
Grace Stevens died in Fayette Jan. i, 1832, and was buried in the 
Love joy cemetery in that town. 

Mary, born March 9, 1795; never married. She died in 
Leeds in 1884. 

Olive, born Dec. 10, 1797; married Lewis Pettingill in 1824. 
They had a family of several children. She died Dec. 21, 1843. 

Seth, born Nov. 14, 1800; married Rosilla Leadbetter. They 
had a family of five children. Capt. Seth Fish's buildings were 
on the north half of his father's lot, where the Deane Bros.' fine 
set of buildings now stand. He removed to Solon, Me., about 

1837- 

Caroline, born May 22, 1803 ; married in 1824 Nathaniel Wal- 
ton, of Wayne. She died Dec. 30, 1886. She was a woman of 
great industry and energy, and possessed the physical endurance 
of her father and the mental vigor of her mother. Skilful with 
wheel and loom, spinning the yarn and weaving the cloth, not 
only for her own household, but was relied on to do the same for 
many other families. She was a kind mother, a devoted wife and 
faithful friend. Their children were Lucy A., Jeremiah D., 
Martha M., and George W. Jeremiah D. carried on the Foster 
place at Leeds Center for a term of eight years. He is a 
thorough and successful farmer. He now owns and occupies 
the William Wing farm, in Wayne. He married Beulah P. Nor- 
ris, by whom he has three sons, Fred W., of Montana, Charles 
H., of California, and Herbert N., living with his parents. 

George W., who has been a life-long resident of his native 
town, is an enterprising citizen and successful farmer. His con- 
nection with the schools of Wayne and many other Maine towns 
in the capacity of teacher, and his long and efficient service on the 
school board and as supervisor, together with his record in the 
legislative halls of Maine, are sufficient evidence of his standing 
in the communitv in which he lives. In 1866 he married Sarah 



HISTORY OF LEEDS I I 7 

E., a daughter of Deacon Francis Dexter, of Wayne. They had 
issue Carrie May, born in 1867 ; graduated from Hebron 
Academy in June, 1891, was a teacher, died in 1895 ; and Win- 
fred W., graduated from Kent's Hill in 1894; is a teacher and 
the present superintendent of schools in Wayne. 

Patience, born April 3, 1806; married Ira Sampson in 1835. 
They had one son, Leonard G., whose widow and her daughter, 
Ada, and son, John, now reside in Leeds. 

Desire, born March 10, 1808; married Nathaniel Daggett in 
1828. They had two sons, Warren and Lloyd. Warren was 
for many years a successful scythe-maker at North Wayne. He 
married Pamelia Wing. Their son, Fred, graduated from Bates 
College and is now a lawyer in Boston, Mass. Lloyd served m 
the navy during the Civil War. By a second husband. Eben 
Hodgdon, Desire had three children, Charles, who died in child- 
hood, Martha Jane, and Matilda. 

Enoch, born Sept. 10, 1810; married Eliza Kimball in 1837. 
Their children were Enoch, Jr., Eliz^. M., William H., Olive R., 
Sarah J., Caroline W., and Elmira A. William H. was a soldier 
in the War of the Rebellion and lost liis life in the service. Enoch 
Fish removed to Lexington, Me., where he died March 15, 1888. 

Warren, the tenth child of William and Mehitable Fish, born 
Jan. 10, 1812; married Irena Andrews in 1837. Their children 
were Austin A., Arvilla, Octavia, and one son whose name is 
unknown to the writer. Warren Fish was a blacksmith by 
trade. He died Dec. 4, 1849. 



LIFE OF ANDREW CUSHMAN, BY HIMSELF. 

Andrew Cushman was born in Plvmpton, Mass., Jan. 6, 1761, 
and died in Leeds Feb. 6, 1844, aged 83 years. His wife, 
Bathsheba Cushman, was born in Sandwich, Mass., Aug. 12, 
1768, and died in Leeds May 12, 1843, aged 75. Her name 
before marriage was Bathsheba Jennings. Isaac Cushman, the 
father of the writer, was born in Plympton, Mass., Feb. 22, 1732, 
and died at Niagara, New York, Jan. 11, 1819. The wife of 
Isaac died at the age of 78, but what year is not remembered. A 
record of the family is now in the hands of Levi Cushman, of 
Sumner, Me., which will furnish the family with any desired 
information. 

I enlisted in the War of the .A-inerican Revolution May 8, 
1777, and went first from Plymptou to Boston, where I tarried 
about two weeks, when I proceeded to Ticonderoga, New York, 
and remained there about a fortnight. General Burgoyne came 
upon us from Quebec with ten thousand men. The American 
soldiers at that time were under the command of General St. 



Il8 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Clair whose number was said to be not more than five hundred 
men. While in the fort at Ticonderoga they made three suc- 
cessive attempts to rout us, but without success till they drew up 
some cannon to the top of a high hill called Mount Defiance, 
which was directly opposite to our fort, from which lofty eleva- 
tion they could pour down into our fort the fire of cannon. Per- 
ceiving the danger and peril to which we were exposed, our men 
concluded that it would be prudent to retire from our fort in the 
morning, accordingly we retreated the next morning, and trav- 
eled thirty-two miles, to the nearest house, and arrived about 
dark at Habbleton. Our baggage was conveyed down Lake 
Champlain in two schooners. During the night the British Gen- 
eral sent down some of his men and cut ofif our rear guard. I 
was all the preceding day with this guard, but at evening wish- 
ing to be with those with whom I was best acquainted, I man- 
aged to join the main body of the army in their march. On the 
day after this rear guard was cut off we started for Bennington, 
Vt., and continued our course three days towards Bennington, 
but learning that General Burgoync: was directing his course 
towards North River, we immediatcdy changed our course and 
pfoceded directly towards Fort Mella at which we arrived thr^e 
days after we had changed our course, having been nearly desti- 
tute of food for six days at Fort Mella. General Burgoyne 
came upon us ; our men had cut down trees to prevent the British 
artillery from proceeding. Before, however, we arrived at Fort 
Mella. about twenty of us were compelled to camp out in the 
woods over night, having no protection from the rain which fell 
upon us during the night. In the morning we found that we 
had missed our way, but finding ourselves not a great way from 
Fort Mella. we repaired thither and recruited ourselves from 
the store of provisions. We remained perhaps one week at this 
fort ; some of our company died from long abstinence from food 
and from fatigue. Finding the British coming upon us, we pro- 
ceeded as was supposed with about five hundred soldiers. This 
was in the spring of the year. We marched to Saratoga where 
we tarried two days. Then we retreated down within ten miles 
of Albany. General Burgoyne heard that three brigades were 
coming to the assistance of General Gates from New York. 
General Burgoyne, therefore, made a halt at Saratoga, and did 
not immediately proceed. General Gates moved on to Stillwater 
and three miles beyond is a place called Beeman's Height, where 
we engaged in action during one whole day. At night the British 
hoisted their flag, and then we hoisted ours, Avhen the engagement 
ceased for that day. The British agreed to meet us the next day, 
but the next day came and they did not appear. About ten days 
after we had another engagement with Burgoyne's remaining 
troops which amounted to about two thousand. This action 



HISTORY OF LEEDS II9 

lasted about half a day. Our men rushed on with all their force 
and were at one end of their cannon at the same time they were 
at the other and bravely drove the enemy back leaving two of 
their cannon loaded in their retreat. (Jur men raised a general 
shout at which the British made a halt, when we killed Fraizer, 
their General. We rushed on and took possession of their line. 
They buried their General that day. On the following day they 
hauled up stakes and retreated eight miles as far as Saratoga ; 
having started late in the afternoon they did not arrive that night 
at Saratoga. The following day it rained and our men remained 
in the camp, but the day following being fair weather, we 
marched towards Saratoga, and arrived there in the afternoon. 
On our arrival there the same night. General Burgoyne, finding 
himself in close quarters, sent to General Gates proposals of 
adjustment, to which General Gates would not agree. Hearing 
by one of General Washington's aids that a large number of 
soldiers were coming from New York to his assistance, we tarried 
in a waiting posture at Saratoga about three days, at the end 
of these davs, about sunsetting. General Gates sent to Burgoyne 
that unless he would surrender before eight o'clock the next 
morning he should engage with him in hot battle. To this Bur- 
goyne replied that he would surrender the next morning at the 
rising of the sun, at the time appointed by himself. He came 
and rode through two brigades of our army which were paraded 
on both sides of the way. General Gates received them on the 
right at the end of the parade, and he delivered his sword into 
the hands of General Gates. Having achieved this victory 
without fighting, our men then immediately marched to Albany, 
where we tarried about ten days, after which we proceeded down 
the North River to Querman's Overslough, so called, which is 
on the west side of the river. General Washington sent orders 
to us to march to Valley Forge, at Philadelphia, but some of our 
members had a permit to go to Boston and be vaccinated for the 
small pox. I was among that numlier, but instead of going to 
Sewall's Point near Boston, where the other soldiei;s went, I pro- 
ceeded to Plympton, and arrived from Philadelphia to Plympton 
in the month of March, 1778, where I remained two months till 
recovered of the small pox. 

I then went in company with about thirty soldiers to Dela- 
ware. While there we learned that the British were marching 
through New Jersey, wherefore we tacked about and marched to 
Monmouth, New Jersey, where we engaged in battle with the 
enemy on the plat of ground which had been selected by General 
Washington. On the morning before this battle General W^ash- 
ington rode through our ranks and addressed us : encouraged 
us to be courageous to fight valiantlv for our country's cause, tell- 
ing us that the country's liberty depended upon that day's battle. 



I20 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

We were greatly animated by the General's moving address. It 
infused new courage into our hearts. The action continued till the 
sun was about one hour high, when we compelled them to retreat. 
This battle was very warm, some of our cannon balls melted at the 
cannon's mouth and stuck fast beneath the mouth of the cannon. 
Having traveled during the night previous to the battle, we were 
unable through fatigue and weariness to pursue the British troops, 
so we let them go. After this action, Washington commended our 
men for their bravery in fighting. About one o'clock in the 
morning those who survived the battle set out from the field of 
action, and after three days' march going at the rate of only ten 
miles a day we crossed, I believe, Passaic River in New Jersey 
and proceeded to King's Ferry, crossed over and went to White 
Plains, New York. In passing over the Passaic River we crossed 
on a bridge, at which our company stopped one day, which was 
the Fourth of July, and celebrated the National Independence. 
W^e tarried at White Plains until August, when hearing that the 
British were invading Rhode Island, Gen. W^ashington sent 
orders for two brigades to go to the assistance of Gen. Sullivan, 
who then commanded a part of the United States troops in that 
quarter. We were among the number who had orders to march 
thither. We therefore immediately proceeded and arrived at 
Hartford. Conn., and tarried there about ten days, but in the 
meantime hearing that the British had left Rhode Island, we 
changed our course and went to West Point, where we wintered. 
The close of which completes my two years' service in the army. 
This spring, about the first of April, about i,ooo of the most 
robust young men at West Point were selected and thoroughly 
trained, daily, in military tactics, for what future purpose we 
were not then informed. This military exercise lasted till the 
last part of June. ( )rders then came to us from Gen. Washing- 
ton to march in our regimental coats, or if no", in our regimental 
shirts, but to what place none except the officers knew ! All the 
orders we had were to march. We accordingly took up our line 
of march, and halted within two miles of Stony Point, which is 
eighteen miles from West Point, and when we halted it was 
about sunset. We were then drawn up under the command of 
Gen. Wayne, and the most severe orders were read to us of what 
we were to do that night. We were mformed that we must take 
the enemy's fort by storm, and the question was proposed directly 
who would go first and with the point of the bayonet. All stood 
in profound silence. When our captain, Isaiah Stetson, said "I 
will go," then said Gen. Wayne, "go." Capt. Stetson answered, 
"I will choose my own men, I know what they are." The platoon 
I belonged to was in the middle, and consisted of about sixteen 
or eighteen soldiers. At eleven o'clock that night we were to 
start. Being myself near Gen. Wayne, I saw him with his 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 12 1 

watch, while he held it up by the starlight, and heard him say to 
us, "it is time to move." When we got up to start all the officers 
shook hands with our captain, anci bid him farewell, never 
expecting to see him again in time. The orders were if any 
man was afraid to go with the com])any and storm the fort to 
stand aside. We were further ordered that if any man flinched 
back, he should be instantly put to death by his right-hand man, 
or his officer. As soon as we had entered the fort, the whole 
company cried out at the top of their voices, "We command you in 
the name of Gen. Washington to deliver up the fort." The shout 
was so loud that it could be heard at some distance. I entered 
the fort in the front platoon, a ball whizzed close by my ears. My 
right-hand man was wounded and my left-hand man killed. One 
of the enemy was about to kill the French Colonel who piloted 
us into the fort. My right-hand man, at the moment he was 
wounded, knocked off my hat. which I caught in falling. This 
wounded man cried out, "For God's sake, Cushman, don't leave 
me." But I made no reply, knowing my orders. The French 
Colonel previously surveyed this fort with a spy-glass, and when 
we entered the fort he was at my right hand, and rushed forward 
and took hold of the colors and pulled them down, which the 
British colonel, Johnson, seeing, ordered the men to lay down 
their arms. We lost of our men that night about twenty-eight, 
and the British lost about thirty men to my knowledge. This 
was a very strongly fortified fort ; Colonel Johnson had said he 
would defy all the American army to take it. I counted thirteen 
brass mortars to throw bombs. 

After taking the fort, I returned to West Point, and served 
my time out for which I enlisted, wliich was the eighth of next 
May following, when I got my discharge and came home to 
Plympton, being then nineteen years of age. In January of that 
year, at the age of twenty-seven, I went from Plympton to North 
Yarmouth, where I remained about five years, after which I 
went to Winthrop, and married Bathsheba Jennings, remained in 
that town one winter and came to Ixeds, Maine, where I have 
lived during the past fifty-five years. When I first came to Leeds 
the place was almost a wilderness, there being no grist mill in 
the town at that time. I went to mill in the town of Winthrop, 
and often carried my grain on my shoulders, and my way was 
marked out by spotted trees. Abour five years after I came to 
Leeds the house in which I lived took fire, accidentally, and was 
burned to the ground. I saved nothing of my furniture, except 
a great silver spoon, a quart basin, and my money, amounting to 
about seventy dollars. I have been wonderfully carried through 
manv imminent dangers, for which I desire to thank the Lord. 



122 HISTORY OF LEEDS 



CUSHMAN FAMILY. 



Isaac Cnshman. a son of Andrew, succeeded his father on the 
old homestead, where he cared for hJs parents in their late lives, 
who had rendered him a like service in his youth. Very appro- 
priately the family record of the old soldier and pioneer might 
here be introduced, and its absence is not attributable to the 
writer. In after years regrets for neglect may find their own 
reward. 

Isaac, born in Leeds July 17, 1801 ; married first, Dorcas H. 
Loring, of North Yarmouth, Me. Their children were : 

L Corrilla F., b. April 16, 1841 : d. Aug. 22, 1843. 

2. Marcellus F., b. Aug. 9, 1842. 

3. Corrilla F., b. Nov. 6, 1843. 

4. Thirza S., b. Aug. 28, 1845. 

Isaac married, second, Angeline Harvey, of Winthrop, Me. 
The fruits of the marriage w-ere : 

1. Flavilla A., b. April 15, 1854. 

2. Angle D., b. March 27, 1856. 

3. Emogene. b. Nov. 4, 1857. 

4. John B.. b. June 16, i860; died Sept. 9, 1881. 

Isaac Cushman was born, brought up and died on the old 
Cushman homestead at West Leeds. His age was 81 years, 6 
months. His entire life was devoted to farming. His neigh- 
bors speak of him thus : "He was an honest man, and his word 
as good as gold. He was a hard-working man, always up and at 
it in the morning. He usually kept one or more hired men and 
knew when he got a good one." He manifested great interest 
in the education of his children, did what he could to aid them 
and lived to see the happy results. He lived an honest Christian 
life and died a triumphant death. 

2. Marcellus F., his only son who grew to manhood, enlisted 
in the old store of Solomon Lothrop at Leeds Center, April 30, 
1861. With him John Q. Robbins and Wansbrow Turner 
affixed their names to the roll of recruits to the Federal Army. 
They went to Monmouth, where they were drilled in military 
tactics, and in August mustered into United States service at 
Augusta. Me. Their regiment was at once sent to the front 
and continued to hold a front position all the time. When the 
advance on Richmond was in progress the Seventh Maine Regi- 
ment to which he belonged, was sent up the James River where 
it did skirmish duty. They met th? Confederates at Warwick 
Creek and later at Williamsburg, Mechanicsville, Golden Farm, 
Savage .Station, Malvern Hill, second Bull Run, and Antietam ; 
after wliich the regiment came home to recruit. Feb. 14, 1863, 
he was discharged on accoimt of disability. After spending a 



HISTORY OF LEEDS I23 

few years at home on the farm, in 1868, he married Matilda, a 
daughter of Deacon Jason and Lydia (Gordon) Pettingill, of 
Leeds. His present residence is Waterville, Me., to which place 
he removed his family in 1886. and has since built himself a 
house in that city. 

Their children were four in numlier, two of whom died in 
infancy, and another in childhood. 

Rolinston F., the remaining child, was graduated from 
Coburn Classical Institute in '1891. 

4. Gorilla F. married Silas Harvey and occupies the home- 
stead of her father and grandfather. Her husband being the 
only representative of his people, in Leeds, no place is more 
fitting in this work to present him ihan in the family of which 
his wife is a member. He was a native of Wmthrop, Me., and a 
brother of Mrs. Gushman, secon<i wife of Isaac Gushman. 
When a young man he followed the life of a sailor, first a coaster 
and later a whaler. ' In the latter service voyages of three or 
four years were made and numerous foreign countries visited. 
The life of a whaler is attended with hardships and dangers, to 
which he, like many another, was subjected. While absent on 
his last voyage he learned of the Givil War at home. On landing 
on his native soil he repaired to a recruiting office in Saco, Me., 
and in September, 1862, enlisted in the military service of his 
country. He went to the front as a recruit to the Fifth Maine 
Regiment, then in active service on picket line in front of Fred- 
ericksburg, and took part in the battle that followed. He was 
one of the men from the Fifth Maine Regiment who volunteered 
to cross *the river in boats, under a hail-storm of rebel bullets 
which were being fired to prevent the laying of pontoon bridges. 
Many who started were killed or wounded, but enough there 
were who reached the shore to put the enemy to flight, and the 
bridges were laid without further hindrance. History enumer- 
ates the battles in which the regiment was engaged. After the 
battle of Gettysburg he was transferred to navy — ship Ino, where 
he was later made captain of a gun and remained until the close 
of the war. Returning to his native town, on a visit to his 
sister in Leeds, he became acquainted with and married Miss 
Gushman. Thev reside on the Gushman farm where peace and 
good-will abound, and where all the kin-folks and many friends 
are cordially received and shown the old landmarks. They have 
issue : 

1. Ray L., b. in Leeds, Dec. 13, 1869; 

2. Wilbert X., h. in Leeds, Jan. 18, 1872. 

4. Thirza S., third child of Isaac, early manifested a desire 
to obtain an education and improved her time and talent in the 
schools of her native town. To obtain means to defray the 
expense of furthering her design, she entered the cotton mills in 



124 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Lewiston. x\fter remaining there for a time, she was heard to 
say, "There is something higher for me." This motto charac- 
terized her after hfe financially, morally and spiritually. By 
her own efforts as a teacher, she obtained the money to pay 
expenses while in the State Normal School in Farmington, from 
which she was graduated with a high rank. As a teacher she 
was of the best. Although years have come and gone since she 
was a teacher in her native and other Maine towns, w^ords of 
praise remain on the lips of her pupils, and her memory is dear 
to many of those wiio knew her best. In 187 1 she went to 
Nebraska where she continued in her school work. In 1873 she 
married Professor J. W. Love, of Omaha, and as assistant to 
him, entered the Institute of which he was Principal. Both Mr, 
and Mrs. Love recently died — but ?. few months intervening — 
leaving two daughters whose residence is in Fremont, Neb, 

5. Flavilla A. was graduated from the State Normal School 
at Farmington and became a successful teacher. She, like her 
sister, went to Nei)raska, where she was several years engaged 
in school work, and later married Robert O. Fink — a real estate 
dealer in Omaha. They have three children. 

6. Angle D., a graduate of the same school as the older 
sisters, followed the same vocation ; first, in Maine, and later in 
Nebraska. She, too, was a young lady highly prized by her 
manv friends whom she left in her native State. She married 
Franklin Tym, of Omaha, in which city they now reside. They 
have a son whose age is 7 years. 

7. Emogene, the yoimgest daughter of Isaac Cushman, 
received a good common school education. She remained at 
home wdth her mother, to whom she was strongly attached, and 
ministered to her every want. She married E. Brown, of Wales, 
Me., where thev now reside. The mother is a member of the 
family in which she has so long received tender care. 

8. John B. died at the age of 21 years. 



LINDSEY FAMILY. 

In the early part of the i8th century, there lived in the North 
part of Ireland a Scotch family, consisting of a widow and two 
fatherless sons, whose names were James^ and Thomas^ Lindsey. 
In the year 1725, the family came out to America and settled in 
Bridge water, Mass., where the mother had relatives. The sons 
were but 4 and 2 years old respectively, and although, of foreign 
birth, lived more years in the New World than most native-born 
inhabitants. When reared to manhood in their forest homes, 
they married and devoted their energies to subduing the wild 
lands in the home of their adoption. In 1744, James married 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 1 25 

Hannah, born in 1719, a daughter of Wilham and Eleanor 
(Whitman) Turner, who were also the parents of George Tur- 
ner, a pioneer of Leeds. 

No fruit was born of this marriage. Thus the common pro- 
genitor of the Lindsey family, if not in this country, in this sec- 
tion of it, was Thomas. 

I. Thomas, b. in the North of Ireland, in 1723; m. in 
Bridgewater, Mass., in 1745, Elizabeth, b. in 1722, a sister of his 
brother James' wife. To them were born in that town four chil- 
dren, to wit : 

1. William-, b. June 16, 1747. 

2. James-, b. 

3. Thomas-, Jr., b. 1756. 

4. Hannah", b. 

William and James were soldiers in the Revolu- 
tionary War, and soon after their discharge, in 
1785, came to Littleborough Avhere they settled, 
the former on the farm now occupied by one of 
his granddaughters, Catherine L. Knapp; and 
the latter near the buildings now owned and 
occupied by Greenwood C. Gordon — between 
them and the lake. Thomas, Jr., their younger 
brother, remained at home with his parents, for 
whom he cared tmtil their decease, when in 1797 
he, too, came to Littleborough and settled on 
Bishop Hill, where he took up the farm later 
occupied by his son, Howard, and now owmed 
by one of his grandsons. Lewis L. Lindsey. 
On Dec. 25, 1802, returning on the ice from 
Wayne village on horseback, when nearing the 
home shore at the south end of Androscoggin 
Lake, both he and his horse broke through and 
were drowned. Hannah, their only sister, 
came to Littleborough in 1788, and made her 
home with James. In 1790, she was employed 
in the family of Thomas Stinchfield, whose wife 
died in 1791. leaving a family of children. In 
1792 she married Mr. Stinchfield by whom she 
had one daughter, Hannah, who married Elizer 
Carver, Jr., and became the mother of a large 
family. 

I. William-, the eldest son of Thomas^ and Elizabeth (Tur- 
ner) Lindsey, m. in Bridgewater, in 1774, Hannah - 
a daughter of Increase and Catherine (Babcock) 
Leadbetter, who settled about 1786-7 on the farm now 
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126 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

end of the town. She was b. in Bridgewater Nov. 
6, 1752. They had a family of eleven children, 
namely : 

1. John'-, b. ]\Iarch 19, 1775; d. Feb. i, 1834. 

2. Polly--, b. March 21, 1777; d. June 9, 1819. 

3. Abioair\ b. Jan. 26, 1779; d. July 23, 1813. 

4. Azel-', b. Jan. 6, 1781 ; d. July 2}^, 1802. 

5. Hannah^, b. June 17, 1783; d. April 13, 1874. 

6. Lucy", b. Aug. 30, 1785; d. April 8, 1816. 

7. Catherine^, b. in Leeds April 15, 1787; d. March 

2y. 1823. 

8. James^ b. May 20, 1789; d. Feb. 28, 1870. 

9. William•^ b. Aug. 26, T791 ; d. March 31, iSio. 

10. Betsey^, b. July 24, 1793 ; d. July 30, 1796. 

11. Archibald-\ b. May 22, 1795; d. Nov. 15, 1870. 

Of the children of \\'illiam and Hannah ( Leadbetter) 
Lindsey, 

1. John'- went to Missouri when a young man where 

he married and died. 

2. Mary (Polly), m. June 5, 1799, Capt. Roger Stinch- 

field ( the first white male child born in Leeds — 
date, Feb. 9, 1781). She was the mother of nine 
children. She died in Marion, Iowa, June 10, 
1819. Their children were Elizabeth (Mrs. 
Alpheus Lane) ; Azel (d. young) ; Alice S. 
(Mrs. Barnabus Davee) ; Sarah B. (Mrs. Her- 
bert Libby) ; Ezra (who m. Abigail S. John- 
son) ; Catherine (who d. young) ; Azel (d. 
young) ; John R. (who m. Maria L. Foster), 
and William (who d. in childhood). 

3. Abigail was a maiden lady. 

4. Azel died in Martinique. 

5. Hannah was the second wife of Charles Knapp, a 

son of Joseph, a pioneer of Leeds. She will 
receive further mention with her family. 

6. Lucy m. Simeon Knapp, another son of Joseph. 

She had a family of children, and two of her 
grandsons, Charles K. Hutchins and Charles B. 
Knapp, -were captains in the late Civil War. 

7. Catherine was the first wife of the afore- 

said Charles Knapp and further mention will be 
made of her with her family. 

8. James m. Lydia Lane in 1813, and some years later 

removed to Milo, Me., where he died. He 
raised a family of smart children, one of whom, 
John, was a captain in the Civil War. 



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127 



9. \\'illiam d. at the age of 19 years. 
TO. Betsey was a maiden lady. 

II. Archibald ni. first, Susanna Turner; second, a Airs. 
Davis, by whom he had a daughter. He was a 
prominent man, a colonel in the militia, a thirty- 
second degree F. A. M. He d. in Milo, Me. 
His father, William, d. in Leeds March 31, 183 1 ; 
and his mother, Elizabeth Turner, May 7, 1831. 
H. James, second son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Turner) 
Lindsey, was born in Bridgewater, Mass., July 22, 
1755. He m. Phebe. a sister to William and Obadiah 
Pettingill, early settlers of Leeds. She was born in 
Bridgewater Oct. 25. 1755. James d. Jan. 9, 1849, 
and Phelie, his wife, Oct. 13, 1843. They had eight 
children, namely : 

1. Betsey, b. March 18. 1780; m. Welcome Bishop; 

settled in Lagrange, Me. ; issue, James, Wel- 
come, Thomas, Persia, Phebe and Job. d. 

2. Ann, a maiden ladv ; !). July 29, 1781 ; d. April 12, 

1864. 
Alary. 1). Feb. 9. 1783; d. yotmg. 



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10 
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Daniel, b. Feb. 11, 178-]; m. in October, 1808, Jane 
Gilbert, and settled on the farm now owned by 
Rev. G. C. Gordon, where he remained until 
February, 1835, when, on account of poor titles 
to the real estate in that section of the town, 
with several others who had once paid for their 
farms, removed to Carroll, Me., where most of 
his family settled, and where he d. May 27, 1863. 
Issue : 

William Henry, b. Feb. i, 1809; d. Oct. 18, 1850. 

Caroline, b. May i, 1810; d. Dec. 15, 1895. 

James Greenleaf, b. Oct. 19. 181 1; d. March 7, 

189-1- 
Charles Frederic, b. Dec. 13. 1813; d. in Minnesota. 
Julia Ann, b. Aug. 25, 1815 : d. Nov. 28, 1858. 
Silas Augustus, b. Dec. 30. 1817: d. Oct. 9. 1845. 

Betsey, b. Oct. 16, 1819; d. . 

Alvin H.. b. Nov. 13, 182 1 ; d. April 20. 1896. 
Josephine B.. b. Aug. 14, 1823 ; d. Alarch 18, 1901. 

Clarinda F., b. July 19, 1825 ; d. . 

Everett Howard, b. Sept. 3, 1827; d. . 1830. 

Wallace B.. b. May 2, 1830; d. Alarch 27, 1861^ 

Daniel Webster, b. Aug. 5, 1832. 

The above named children of Daniel were b. in 

Leeds. It is said by some that the youngest 



128 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

child was b. in Carroll. The date of his birth 
compared with the date of his father's removal 
from Leeds to that town is strong evidence 
against it. 

William H. m. So])hronia Stevens ; settled in Car- 
roll ; no issue. 

Caroline m. Howard Lindsey ; settled in Leeds; had 
issue ; receives fmlher mention in family of 
tXoward. 

James G. m. Ann Grattam, of Leeds, Sept. 13, 
1842; settled in Carroll; had issue Charles F., b. 
Nov. 13, 1845; George S. and Silas (twins) b. 
F'eb. 28, 1850; Rose Jane. b. March 3, 1855; 
Tames W., b. Feb. i^>, i8S7; Anna Ann, b. Oct. 
28, 1859. 

Charles F. m. Mary Bishop, of Leeds, had one son, 
Ernest, who came to Leeds, lived with his grand- 
father, Abial Bishop, and died when a young 
man. His father was two years in the Mexican 
War, participated in nearly every battle and wit- 
nessed the surrender of the city. He died in 
Minnesota. 

Julia Ann was a maiden lady. 

Silas D. m. Matilda Dunham ; no issue. 

Betsey m. John Douglass, of Lee; had issue 
Charles, Olive J., Frank, Herbert, Julia A., and 
Daniel W. 

Alvin H. m. first, Eliza Muzzy, of Carroll ; issue, 
Lorinda B. and Ernest ; m. second, Augusta E. 
Gates, of Lincoln ; issue, Daniel and Jennie. 

Josephine B.m. Henry Douglass of Lee, Me. ; issue, 
William, John L., Ellen, Isabelle, James. Wal- 
lace B., Abbie A., Carrie, Jefiferson, and Forest. 

Clarinda F.. m. Ransom B. Austin, of Upper Still- 
water ; no issue. 

Everett H. died in early boyhood. 

Wallace B. m. ]\Iartha Brown, of Carroll; no issue. 

Daniel W^ebster m. Abbie Gilpatrick, of Weston, 
Me.; issue Thomas, b. July 21, 1854; Elisha G., 
b. April 27, 1856; Mary E., b. Jan. 15. 1858; 
Martha E., b. Jan. 3. 1851 ; Josephine B.. b. Nov. 
18, T867; Wallace B., b. Oct. 30, 1869. 

5. Persis, fifth child of James and Phebe fPettingill) 

Lindsey, b. March 10, 1786; m. in 1830, Elezer 
Carver : no issue. 

6. Thomas, sixth child of James, b. in Easton. Sept. 

I. 1789; m. in Leeds March 30, 1816, Olive 



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129 



Creach. b. in Barnstable Aug. 9, 1784; settled in 
Leeds where Wallace Gordon now lives ; later, 
in 1S34, moved with his family to Carroll: issue' 
Elvira, Emeline, Orrin L., Nancy, Celia, Naomi, 
Ruth, Miranda, and Edward. ' Seven of the 
above children of Thomas were born in Eeeds. 
Elvira, Oct. 14, 1817; m. July 14, 1836, Moses 
Larrabee, of Carroll ; issue, seven children, 
namely: Henry, Melvin, Elvira, Lovina, Luciai 
Everett B. and Freeman H. Eveline, b. Feb! 
17, 1821 ; m. July 2, 1837, John A. Larrabee, of 
Carroll; issue, i daughter, Eveline. Orrin L., 
b. July 26. 1822; m. April 11, 1837, Abbie Lewis,' 
of Lee; issue, five children, namely: Viola C, 
Evelyn F., Orrin H., Berton B., and Daisy. 
Nancy, b. Dec. 4, 1824; m. July 6, 1851, Eli H. 
Lamb, of Carroll ; issue, Leonie, Frederic, 
Leonie. Celia, b. Aug. 16, 1826; m. Sept. 20,' 
T846, Joseph W. Staples; issue, Willis T., Rose 
E., Alma, Charles, Frank B., Myra B., and 
Roland H. Naomi, b. April 17, 1829; m. Nov. 
17. 1850. William A. Farrar, of Carroll; issue, 
Olive B. and Daniel S. Ruth, b. Oct. 2, 1830; 
m. March 29, 1854, Elisha Rome, of Oldtown,' 
Me. ; issue, Minnie and Tena. Marinda, b. in 
Carroll Feb. i, 1836: m. Nov. 21, 1858, Stillman 
H. Lothrop ; issue, Elmina, Frederic and Harry. 
Edward, b. in Carroll Jan. 27, 1838; d, in Car- 
roll July 22, 1838. 
Thomas, parent and grandparent of the above, d. 
in Carroll April 21, 1864. 

7. Alvin, b. Aug. 29, 1792; single; d. in New Bruns- 

wick. 

8. James, the youngest child of James and Phebe Pet- 

tingill, b. June 12, 1795 ; d. July 8, 1795. 
The foregoing comprises the children and most of 
the grandchildren of James Lindsey, one of the 
three pioneer brothers of Leeds. 
HL Thomas, third and youngest son of Thomas\ who came 
to this country in 1725, m. in Bridgewater, 
Mass., Thankful, a daughter of Jonathan Bailey. 
She was a sister to Desire Bailey, the wife of 
Capt. Seth Howard, who was an early settler 
of Leeds. Their children were: 
I. Mary. m. in 181 1, Alexander Jennings, of Leeds, 
and settled near the center of the town where 
they reared a large family and lived the remain- 



^3° HISTORY OF LEEDS 

der of their years. Her children receive men- 
tion in a sketch of the Jennings family. 

2. Ira, m. Joanna Merrill, of Turner, by whom 
he had a daughter and son, Silvia, who married 
Lewis J. Pollard, and Levi, who was brought 
up in the family of his Uncle Howard, and later 
went west. 

3- Roland went west with his brother, Ira, where he 
married and reared a family of which the writer 
knows little. 

4. Hannah, m. Charles Bates, and settled on the 

Bates Hill, another name of which is Quaker 
Ridge. She was the mother of several chil- 
dren, whom we hope to present in a sketch of the 
Bates family. 

5. Robert, b. Oct. 5, 1798; m. Vesta Merrill, of Tur- 

ner in 1 82 1, who was b. in that town in Decem- 
ber, 1802; and d. Jan. i, 1853. He d. Jan. 3, 
1876. Both were taken to Massachusetts, where 
they were buried. They had issue : 

1. Forest*, b. Jan. 16, 1822; d. in Illinois. 

2. Tiley Merrill*, b. Oct. 24, 1823 ; m. Oren S. Bates 

in August, 1857; settled in Leeds; d. Aug. i, 
1889. 

3. Ira L.*, b. July 29, 1825; killed at Battle of Cold 

Harbor. 

4. Maria Theresa*, b. March 17, 1827; d. in Worces- 

ter, Mass. 

5. Franklin Jennings*, b. April 16, 1837; m. Hulda 

L. Richmond in April, 1871 ; now living in Tur- 
ner, Me. 

6. Converse Lowell*, b. Aug. 21, 1842; disappeared 

from his hotel in New York several years ago 
and nothing of him has been learned since. 

6. Howard, b. in Leeds Jan. 25, 1800, was the young- 
est son of Thomas and Thankful (Bailey) Lind- 
sey. After attaining to manhood he assumed 
the care of his mother, and the farm on which his 
parents settled passed into his hands. There he 
spent his life. In October, 1829, he married 
Caroline, the eldest daughter of Daniel and Jane 
(Gilbert) Lindsey, who was born in Leeds May 
I, 1810. They had issue ten children: Roland, 
Everett, Roscoe Greene, Rossa Jane, Frederick 
Shaw, Julia Ann, Thomas Jennings, George 
Albert, Lewis Leavitt, and Robert. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS I3I 

1. Roland, b. April 6, 1830; d. Aug. 6, 1855. 

2. Everett, b. May 20, 183 1, was a soldier in the Civil 

War. On the eleventh of November he enlisted 
,in the Sixth Maine Battery to serve three years, 
or during the war; was injured in the battle of 
Cedar Mountain, and by reason of disability was 
discharged Feb. 18, 1863. On the 7th of Septem- 
ber, 1864, he re-enlisted in the navy and attached 
to the United States war vessel Monadnock. took 
part in the capture of Fort Fisher. He was 
discharged June 26, 1865. March 11, 1866, he 
married Mary Jane, a daughter of Deacon War- 
ren Howard, by whom he had one child who 
died at birth. Soon after, the mother died, in 
1868. October 31, 1869, he married his brother's 
widow, Mrs. Eliza Ann (Berry) Lindsey. They 
had issue : 

1. Mary Howard, b. Sept. 30, 1870. 

2. Josephine A., b. Oct. is, 1872. 

3. Roscoe E., b. July 31, 1874. 

4. Charles Frederic, b. Dec. 30, 1876; d. May 9, 1883. 

5. George Albert, b. June 23, 1880. 

Mr. Lindsey and family reside in North Mon- 
mouth. 
3. Roscoe Greene, b. Feb. 5, 1833 ; m. in Leeds Jan. 
17, 1856, Eliza Ann Berry. Their children 
were : 

1. Clara J., b. in Leeds Nov. 29, 1856. 

2. Howard E., b. March 2. 1858 ; m. Alice A. Crockett 

Nov. 6, 1880 ; is a merchant at North Mon- 
mouth. 

3. Roland B., b. in Monmouth June 22, i860; m. 

Maria L. Nutting, of Nofridgewock, June 10, 
1884. Residence, Lawrence, Mass. 

4. Roscoe, Jr., b. in Presque Isle, March 20, 1862 ; d. 

in Leeds July 23, 1864. Roscoe G. enlisted in 
the vSecond Maine Cavalry Regiment, Co. I ; d. 
at Barrancas, Fla., Sept. 9, 1864. 

4. Rossa Jane. b. Sept. 8, 1834; m. Charles Warren 

Foster Nov. 2, 1854; have one son; reside in 
Lawrence. 

5. Frederic Shaw, b. Sept. 29, 1837; enlisted with his 

brother, Everett, on the nth of November, 1861, 
in the 6th Maine Battery. After a few months' 
service was discharged on account of disability. 
He died in Bangor Nov. 6, 1874. 



132 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

6. Julia Ann, b. Oct 6, 1839 ; ni. William Benson Sum- 

ner Jan. 24, 1864. They had issue three chil- 
dren — Caroline Howard, Sophia Benson and 
Robert Lindsey. 

7. Thomas Jennings, b. March 12. 1844; enlisted in 

Co. I, 23d Me. Vol. Reg't service three months. 
Nov. 26, 1869, he m. in Lawrence, Mass., Grace 
Adelia Ladd. by whom he had one daughter. 
His residence is Lawrence, Mass. 

8. George Albert, b. Dec. 17, 1845; ^- Nov. 14, 1871, 

Mary Elizabeth Culver, of Groton, Mass. 
Their residence was Lawrence, Mass. He was 
a man of prominence in that city and none were 
held in higher esteem. His popularity was the 
reward of merit. He was in the city govern- 
ment, a member of the board of Aldermen. The 
several orders in which he held membership 
were Tuscan Lodge of F. A. M. ; B. P. O. 
Elks, No. 65 ; Mt. Sinai R. A. C. ; May-Flower 
Colony ; Pilgrim Fathers. He was beloved, and 
when his death occurred, Feb. 9, 1893, the floral 
tributes, so bountifully bestowed, and the mul- 
titude of people who assembled to pay their last 
respects to the honored dead, best bespoke his 
true worth. He left no issue. 

9. Lewis Leavitt, b. Dec. 8, 1847, when a young man, 

like most of his brothers, spent several years in 
Massachusetts. Later, he returned to the farm 
where he was born — where his father was born 
and on which his grandfather settled. He mar- 
ried in November, 1872, Flora E., a daughter of 
Abner and Mary PL Curtis, who was born in 
Leeds, June 2, 1852. They assumed the care of 
his parents, and when their last duty to them in 
life had been done, tenderly laid them to rest in 
the cemetery in the valley, westerly of where 
they died; the father, Jan. 21, 1880; the mother, 
Dec. 15, 1895. No words of the writer are 
necessary to present Mr. Lindsey and his fam- 
ily to the readers, and especially to the people 
of their native town, who know them best. 
Theirs is, and ever has been, a pleasant and hos- 
pitable home for all relatives and friends, who 
are many. They have two sons and three 
daughters ; 
I. Arthur L., b. July 15, 1874. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 1 33 

2. Bertha M., b. Nov. 30, 1875. 

3. Alice B., b. June 3, 1880. 

4. Annie L., b. April 10, 1885. 

5. Harry C, b. Nov. 6, 1892. 

10. Robert, b. Nov. 27, 185 1 ; m. Annie Etta Smallidge, 
of Mt. Desert, in Lawrence, Mass., May 31, 
1882. Their residence is Lawrence; have no 
issue. Robert was the youngest child of How- 
ard and Caroline Lindsey, and went to Lawrence 
when a very young man. fie is said to be a 
man of means and held in high esteem in that 
city. 

7. Dorcas, who m. Abial Bishop in 1826, settled near 
her parental home and reared a family which is 
further mentioned in a sketch of the Bishop 
family. 



KXAPP FAMILY. 

The Knapi) famil}- trace their origin to Saxony, a province in 
Germany. Their early history in England leads many of the 
descendants to fix their nationality as Anglo-Saxon or English. 
The name is derived from a Saxon word, the root of which is 
spelled Cnoep ; signifying a hill-top or summit. Of several of 
the same name who lived on the same hill, John occupied the top 
or knob, and thus was called John of the cnoep or knob. Subse- 
quently, the preposition was eliminated, for convenience, and he 
was called John Cnoep ; the German formation being Knopp, and 
the English Knapp. 

The family x\rms, together with a full description, may be 
found in the Herald's College, in London. They were granted to 
Roger de Knapp by Henry VHL to commemorate his skill and 
success at a tournament held at Norfolk, England, in 1540, in 
which he is said to have unseated three knights of great skill and 
bravery. By the descendants of his son John, these Arms are 
still preserved as a precious memento of worthy ancestry. The 
Arms of a family are what a trade mark is to a merchant — his 
own private property. It is generally expressive of some 
important principle. The origin of tlie Arms of the Knapp fam- 
ily is given in English Heraldry. It describes them as used by 
John Knapp and his son John in 1600. They are expressive and 
full of meaning. The Shield and Helmet, clad in mail, denotes 
a preparation for war. The Shield on which the Arms are dis- 
played is of gold, expressive of worth and dignity ; the Arms in 
sable or black, denote authority ; the three helmets on the shield 
are acknowledgments from high authorities for victories gained. 



134 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

The helmet, which is placed between the shield and the crest and 
rests upon the former, is an esquire in profile of steel, with visor 
closed and turned to the right side of the shield. The wreath 
borne away by the victor, as represented on the sword, is positive 
proof of laurels won and honors bestowed. The Lion passant, 
on the shield, denotes courage, or consciousness of strength, and 
yet, walking quietly when not provoked or forced to defence. 
The Arm that bears the broken sword, indicates the character 
of the family. Though having fought in defence until the sword 
was broken, his courage does not fail ; his arm is still uplifted ; 
grasping the broken sword, and in the heat of battle he exclaims, 
"In God we Trust," which is the family motto. In the 15th cen- 
tury, the Knapp family was one of wealth and position in Sussex 
County, England. 

In 1630, a large colony of well-to-do farmers left England 
under the command of Winthrop and Salstansall and landed on 
the coast of Massachusetts. Of the number were three brothers, 
namely : William. Nicholas and Roger Knapp. 

William, who was born in England, in 1570, settled in Water- 
town, Mass. His children were William, Mary, Elizabeth, Ann, 
Judith, John and James. They and their children settled later in 
Taunton, Roxbury, Newton, Boston and Spencer, Mass. 

Nicholas settled in Watertown, and his children by his first 
wife, Eleanor, were Jonathan, Timothy, Joshua, Caleb, Sarah, 
Ruth and Hannah. In 1648, he removed to Stamford, Conn., 
where by his second wife. Unity, his children were Moses and 
Lydia. His children settled in Norwalk, Greenwich, Rye, Peek- 
skill, Danbury and other neighboring towns. 

Roger settled in New Haven, and later in Fairfield, where by 
his will he mentions liis wife, Elizabeth, and children. Jonathan, 
Josiah. Lydia. Roger, John, Nathan, Eliza and Mary. They set- 
tled in the towns of Fairfield County. In that century, and even 
as late as 1800 many spelled the name with one p, thus: Knap. 
One of the original proprietors of the town of Turner, Me., was 
Joseph Knap ; to whom, with other Revolutionary soldiers, the 
grant was made for meritorious services rendered in that war. 
Although a proprietor, he was not a settler in that town. He 
was born in Scituate, Mass., and when a child, his mother moved 
to Bridgewater, where he was reared to manhood, and where he 
married .Susan Packard. They had issue Joseph, Matilda, Elijah, 
Ziba and Rhoda. The father, and son Joseph, espoused the 
cause of liberty and independence, and although the son was but 
a mere boy, he accompanied the father and fought by his side 
through the war. This son. 

Joseph Jr., was born in Easton. Mass., in 1763. Soon after 
his return from the army, in 1784. he married Eunice Carver and 
settled in Bridgewater. To them Averc born in that town. Bash- 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 1 3 5 

aby, 1784; Simeon, 1786; Charles, July 2, 1788; Joseph, Sept. 
14, 1790. In 1 79 1, the parents anc tliese children came to Little- 
borough, built their log house and h wel where the buildings on 
the town farm now stand, and ther^ their other children were 
born, namely: John, in 1792; Elijah, 1794; Eunice, 1796; Polly, 
1798; Stephen, Sept. 16, 1800; Ruth, 1802; Asa, 1804; Matilda, 
1806; Betsey, 1808; Lucretia, 1810. 

In the spring of 1792, Joseph, Sen., and his other children, 
followed from Bridgewater to Leeds, and settled a short distance 
northerly of Joseph, Jr., on the site where Barnabas Howard, Jr., 
later lived. Idiis place, too, is now c>wned by the town. 

Matilda, second child of Joseph, Sr., and Susan Packard, mar- 
ried Thomas Millet, a son of one of the earliest settlers of Leeds. 
They had no issue. 

Elijah, third child of Joseph. Sr.. married Patience Gould and 
settled in the Stinchfield neighborhood, near the town line. They 
had issue Pelatiah. Abial. Jane, Rlioda, Jared, Dorothea and 
Ward. Pelatiah married Abigail, the widow of Noah Wing, 
whose maiden name was Abigail Norris. To them two sons 
were born, namely : Abial D., whose second wife was Ella Mil- 
lett ; and Woodbury S.. who married Rachael Greenwood, and 
who erected the buildings at North Leeds now owned by their 
only child, Willis Knapp. Pelatiah married a second time, and 
the issue was George Henry, who was many years conductor of 
a passenger train on the Farmington branch of the Maine Cen- 
tral Railroad: and Mary Ann, who now resides in East Liver- 
more, his only remaining child. 

Neither Jane. Rhoda nor Dorothea married ; all dead. 

Abial left home when a young man. and died without issue ; 
Jared married Susan Gott : settled in Wayne, where he resided 
until death, which occurred in 1898. Their children were Elijah, 
who is a resident of that town. Mn-anda Ellen and Anson G. 
Ward married and settled in Saco. Vvhere he was many years an 
overseer in a cotton mill. 

Ziba, fourth child of Joseph, Sr., settled where B. F. Trask 
resides: married Betsey Baisy, of Falmouth, Me., by whom he 
had three sons and two daughters, namely : William, Ziba, 
Cyrus, Betsey and Susan. William and Ziba went to sea and 
died of yellow' fever ; Betsey married a Mr. Redding, who was 
lost at sea : later married a Mr. Morse, of Gray, but of their issue 
we are not informed : Susan married a Mr. Knight, and her hus- 
band was also lost at sea. She. later, married a Mr. Johnson, of 
whom we are no further informed. 

Cyrus graduated from the medical department of Bowdoin 
College in the class of 1825. He married Susan, a daughter of 
Rev. Thomas D. Francis, of Leeds. They settled in Winthrop in 
1827, where he acquired a reputation as a physician. In 1838 



136 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

he removed to Augusta, and after several years' practice there 
was appointed superintendent of the Insane Hospital. From 
there he went to Rochester, N. Y., and his fame became world- 
wide. Of his children, we know little more than the fact that 
one soa became a skillful and widely noted physician. 

Rhoda. fifth and youngest child of Joseph Knapp, Sr., mar- 
ried William Gott, of Greene, whose residence was near the line 
between that town and Leeds, and who in 1807, removed to 
Wayne and settled on the lake road near the town line, where 
they afterward lived and died, Rhoda, Dec. 21, 1850, and her 
husband, Jan. 10, i860. To them eight children were born in 
Greene and six in Wayne, namely: William, Jr., b. Oct 6, 1795; 
m. Ruth Gould, of Livermore ; settled in Livermore ; later in 
Leeds ; had issue Eliza, Malinda. Louisa and Joseph. Elijah, b. 
Feb. I. 1707: m. Polly Stinchfield, of Leeds; settled on a portion 
of his father's farm ; had issue Elvira and Mary Ann. Sarah, b. 
Oct. 5, 1798; m. Stephen Knapp, of Leeds, her cousin; settled 
in Leeds ; reared a large family of fhildren. Mehitable. b. Sept. 
12, 1800; m. a Mr. Harrison; had issue. Jared, b. 1802: died 
young. Anson and Matilda, twins, b. May -zy , 1804; former set- 
tled in Turner; latter m. Roland Maxim; settled in Wayne; had 
issue several daughters and one son, Martin V. Charles, b. July 
I. 1806; m. Jane Foss ; settled in Wayne; issue Gardiner G., 
Charles S., Elijah, William and Howard C. ; later m. Annie 
Wood, of Mercer; issue John W., George H., John M. and Jen- 
nie M. Susan, b. in Wayne, July 21, 1808; m. Jared Knapp, her 
cousin. Mary, b. Oct. 31, 1810; m. Thomas Wing, of Fayette; 
issue Charles Wing, M.D. ; Harrison, b. 1813, d. young; Jane, 
b. Mav 2, 1815; m. Loring Foss. of Leeds, no issue; Alfrida, b. 
Julv 12, 1817; m. Otis Howard, no issue. Aurelia, b. Jan. 15, 
1821 ; m. Nathan Coffin, now of Leeds, issue Manley and Edith. 
The above children and grandchildren of Rhoda are given, for the 
reason that many of them are connected with other Leeds fami- 
lies. 

Joseph Knapp, Sen., was a lineal descendant of William, the 
eldest of the three brothers who came to this country in 1630. 

Returning to the family of Joseph, Jr., and Eunice (Carver) 
Knapp, Bashaby, their eldest child, never married. 

Simeon, second child, m. Lucy Lindsey in 1806; settled in 
Kingfield. Me. ; issue John. Levi. Louvisa, William, Irena and 
Statira. Simeon m. second, Jane Sj^ear ; issue Charles, Owen, 
Simeon, Rachael, Mary and Jane. 

Charles, third child, will be mentioned farther on. 

Joseph, fourth child, m. Deborah Cushman, of Leeds; settled 
in Kingfield: issue four sons and six daughters; one of whom is 
Judge Cvrus B. Knapp, of Livermore Falls; another is Mrs. 
Lemuel Sumner, who is an aged and much respected resident of 
Leeds. 




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HISTORY OF LEEDS 1 37 

John, fifth child, m. Martha Wing; settled in Freeman. Me.; 
issue, seven or eight sons and three slaughters. 

Elijah, sixth child, m. Celia Pullen, of Kingfield, Me. ; set- 
tled in Freeman ; issue six sons and four daughters. 

Eunice, seventh child, m. Zenas Vaughn, of Kingfield, Me. ; 
issue nine children. 

Polly, eighth child, m. Xoah Blanchard, of Kingfield ; issue 
Catharine, Elizaheth, Mary Ann, Lucretia and Joseph K. 

Stephen, eighth child, b. in Leeds Sept. i6, 1800; m. Sarah, 
daughter of William and Rhoda ( Knapp) Gott, of Wayne, in 
1820. She was b. in Greene Oct. 6, 1798. They first settled in 
the town of Anson, Me., where they resided about three years, 
when he came back to Leeds and lived on the farm of his brother 
Charles, which is the same now owned by the town, until the 
spring of 1831. at which time he removed to the place now owned 
and occupied by his son, Steven D., Vvhere he spent his remaining 
years, which were many. He d. April 5, 1892, and his wife April 
18. 1870. He was an honest, upright and truthful man. They 
had issue : 

William G.. b. in Anson, Dec. 2y, 182 1 ; m. Cynthia Ripley; 
lived first in Turner and later in Hartford; issue, xA.lma A., .Susan 
Ellen, Mary, Henry, Delphinia, William, Lillian and Stella. He 
d. May 3, 1901, and his wife March 15, 1894. 

Asa, b. in Anson Dec. 29, 1822; in. Sarah Thompson: settled 
in Turner ; removed to Canton and subsequently to Livermore, 
where he d. Dec. 5, 1896. and his widow December, 1899. He 
was a farmer. Their children were: Isal)elle, Ella, Hattie and 
Mary J. Mary J., b. in Leeds Aug. 12, 1825; m. Jacob Shaw, 
of Lowell, Mass. Issue, one child, Ada. 

Rossa, b. March 2, 1827; d. Oct. 5, 1891 ; single. 

Elizabeth, b. May 8, 1828; m. first, David Kenney ; issue, 
Charles P.; m. second, Caleb Battles; issue Abbie and Winfield. 
She d. Sept. 16, 1893. 

Charles, b. July 17. 1829: d. in California, Aug. 2, 1883. 

Earl, b. Feb. 10, 1831 ; m. Eliza Berry. Both living; resi- 
dence, Wilton, Me. ; issue. Almira. Richard, Herbert, Isabella, 
Edward, Ina and Margie. 

Lucinda, b. June 17, 1833; m. T. A. Dascom ; residence, 
Leeds: issue. Anna A., Alice and George W. 

Sarah F.. b. April 2, 1836; m. first, Henry Dexter, of Wayne; 
m. second, John Fairbanks ; no issue ; d. March 19. 1898. 

Stephen D., b. Nov. 22, 1839; m. Lizzie B. Moore, of Liver- 
more, Nov. I, 1867. She was b. March 23, 1850. They reside 
on the homestead of his father at North Leeds. Issue, Frank 
M.. Willie B., Charles R. and RoUie D. The two oldest are mar- 
ried. 

i\w\\ R., b. Sept. 22, 1841 ; m. David Berry and settled at 
North Leeds on the old Berry farm, now owned by Russell S. 



138 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Gould ; subsequently removed to California, where she died May 
9. 1895. Their children were: Willis R., Charlie E., Fannie .S. 
and Edith. 

Ruth, ninth child of Joseph, Jr., m. Hon. Rufus J. H. Porter, 
of Kingfield ; issue Matherine, Elizabeth, Mary Ann and Lucretia. 

Asa. tenth child, d. when 8 years old. 

Matilda, eleventh child, m. Stephen Pullen, of Kingfield ; 
issue two sons and four daughters. 

Betsey, twelfth child, m. Nathan Per»hody, of Freeman ; issue 
four sons and one daughter. 

Lucretia, thirteenth child, m. John Thompson, of New Port- 
land ; issue two sons and two daughters. 

Charles, third child of Joseph, Jr., b. in Bridgewater, Mass., 
July 2. 1788; came to Leeds with his parents when 3 years old — 
1 791. In t8io he married Catherine, a daughter of William 
Lindsey. one of three brothers who settled in Leeds. He 
remained on the homestead and carried his wife there. Later he 
removed to the home of his wife's father, which is the farm now 
owned and occupied by Catherine L. Knapp. They assumed the 
care of her parents. There he erected buildings and spent the 
remainder of his life. To them were born : 

Azel, May 20, 181 1 ; Abigail L., March 3. 1814; Coiiita, May 
15. 1816; Hannah L., March 17, 1818; Archibald L.. Aug. 7, 
1819; Charles Sewall and Catherine, Aug. 15, 1821. His 
second wife was Hannah, his first wife's sister. To them was 
born a daughter, Catherine L., Aug. 31, 1825. 

Uncle Charles Knapp, as he was familiarly known both near 
and far. was an industrious, enterprising and honest farmer. As 
a boy he was always busy, never allowing an hour to pass with- 
out something to show for it. He commenced working out for 
a peck of corn per day in compensation for his labor. When 
he was grown and for many years after his marriage, his winters 
were spent in the woods in the northern part of the State, where 
he commanded better pav than any of his fellows, for the good 
reason that he earned it. Not only was his own team fed by four 
o'clock in the morning, but the others were gotten ready by him, 
while their drivers were sleeping. Such was his course through 
life. — always driving his work before him. By his labor and 
economy be acffuired a goodly amount of property — such as 
honest toil merits. LI is was a home of hospitality, and seldom 
free from some of the many of his relatives who made it a haven 
if sickness or misfortiuie came upon' them. Seconded bv two of 
the most patient and sympathetic women Leeds ever raised, he 
always made them welcome and tenderly cared for them until 
restored to health. But no drones could long inhabit his hive ; a 
place for them was at once found in the field or woodland, which 




CHARLES KNAPP. 




HANNAH L. POLLARD. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS I 39 

they accepted or hunted their honey in other bowers. Work 
was his nature, but never was he so busy if his neighbors, near 
or remote, were sick, that he could not find time to do theirs. 
Seemingly severe on lazy people, he was tender and kind to the 
needy and sick, and always ready to aid those who would try to 
help themselves. In the cause of education was he likewise 
interested. His children and others whom he assisted in that 
most noble enterprise, were urged and required to do earnest 
work. His eldest son, Azel, was liberally educated and went to 
Missouri, wliere he successfully engaged in teaching in the 
schools of that state. He was subsecjuently a preacher of the 
gospel and died at the age of 33 years, Aug. 10, 1844. 

His second child, Simeon, died when 11 vears old, July 27, 
1823. 

Abigail L.. the next child, m. Isaac Stinchfield Sept. 8, 1834. 
Her children are mentioned in the sketch of the Stinchfield 
family. 

Colista, fourth child, m. Samuel Leadbetter May 16, 1838; 
settled in Glenburn, Me. : issue Mary, Lucius, Herbert, Roscoe, 
Charles and Horace. She died in Bangor Jan. 23, 1872. 

Hannah L., next in the list, was liberally educated, and 
especially fitted herself for a teacher, in which work she was 
many years engaged in her native town and various others in the 
State. We recall no one who had a greater or more successful 
experience than she. Feb. 16, 1859, she married Barnabas 
Davee, and located where she now resides. He was a man of 
prominence in Leeds, as per records of the town, having ably 
discharged the duties of the various offices to which he was, from 
time to time, elected. He is pleasaniiy remembered as a teacher 
of vocal music, in which position he was a long time engaged. 
After his decease she married, Nov. 17, 1878, Lewis J. Pollard, 
who shared her home, ever made pleasant and enjoyable by her 
kind and genial disposition, witty sayings and fostering care. 
Although her faculties are wonderfully good, she is not so young 
as she used to be ; yet by no means old at eighty-three. No issue. 

Arch L., sixth child of Charles, married in February, 1844, 
Jane White ; settled in Leeds ; later removed to Dixfield and sub- 
sequently to East Livermore. Thev had issue Flavilla, Rose 
Emma, Charles, Bradford and Jennie. 

Flavilla, married ; resides in Farmington and has a family ; 

Rose Emma, married; resides in Dakota and has issue; 

Charles, married ; resides in East Livermore and has a family; 

Bradford, married : wife died : no issue ; 

Jennie, married, resides in the west. 

Arch L. was an honest, industrious man — a worthy son of 
noble parents, a kind and indulgent husband and father. He 
died at the home of his son, Bradford, in New Sharon, Me., May 
8. 1897. His place of burial is in East Livermore. 



140 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Charles Sewall, seventh child, had a twin sister who died in 
infancy or early childhood. He married Vesta A. Soule Oct. 12, 
1854. He remained on the homestead of his father where he 
worked from the cradle to the grave. He was a man of honesty, 
integrity and uprightness, and commanded the respect of all who 
knew him. He died Jan. 5, 1892. They had issue Mary, Bart- 
ley and Ralph. Mary is dead ; Bartley is a locomotive engineer 
in Wisconsm : married ; Ralph is on the old homestead ; twice 
married ; widower ; has issue. 

Catherine L., youngest child of Charles Knapp, was highly 
educated and a very able teacher in many of the schools in the 
State. Her early years gave promise of a very successful and 
useful life. Possessed of a liberal endowment of executive abil- 
ity, a pure, powerful and progressive mind, none were better 
qualified or fitted for the higher pursuits of life than she. That 
the misfortune of others should mar or pervert a life of such 
promise is a matter of the greatest regret. Her family ties, her 
sense of duty has made hers the life of a benefactress, yes, more, 
a living martyr. She has grown prematurely old in the service ; 
yet, her great sacrifice is too little appreciated by those for whom 
it has been made. She is a maiden lady of 75 years. 

Charles Knapp died Sept. 26, 1875. His place of burial is in 
the Robert Gould cemetery, at North Leeds, where many of his 
people are reposing. 



STEPHEN FOSTER. 

One of the early settlers of Littleborough was Stephen Foster, 
a native of Winthrop. He came from that town with his family 
in 1786. He was the youngest of eleven children, sons and 
daughters of Capt. Timothy Foster, who was born in Attle- 
borough, Mass., May 14, 1720. The wife of Capt. Timothy was 
Sibler Freeman, born Oct. 29, 1723. They removed from Attle- 
borough to what is now Winthrop, Me., in 1765. The spot 
selected for his home was on the v/esterly shore of Cobbosse- 
contee Lake and about two miles from its northerly end, an exten- 
sive meadow, and brook running through it, close by. 

His dwelling was at the southerly end of a lateral moraine, 
about ten rods from the Lake shore and well protected from pre- 
vailing winds. Here, in the wilderness, with fish and game all 
around him, Stephen Foster, best knovvu as "Old Hunter Foster," 
was born, .Feb. 28, 1766, — the clerk quaintly adding to the records 
these words: "The first Christian Child born in this Plantation." 
At the date of his Ijirth, this was th'j only family in the vicinity. 
They were on the extreme verge of civilization. West to Lake 
Champlain, north to Canada line, there was no echo from the set- 



HISTORY OK LEEDS I4I 

tier's axe, or smoke from his fires seen curling through the 
foliage. I)0rn and reared under these circumstances, it is no 
wonder that he loved the woods and the excitement of the hunt 
and chase. His boyhood days thus sj^ent, so hardened and 
toughened his muscles and matured his instincts, that he was 
accepted in his father's company of militia at the age of fourteen, 
and took part as soldier therein in the disastrous campaign against 
Bagaduce in 1779. 

In 1785 Capt. Timothy Foster died from the effect of a blow 
on his head from a falling tree. 

Winthrop was now getting so dense in population, its game 
either captured or driven back — that less hunted fields were to 
be sought, if "Old Hunter" was to succeed in his chosen calling. 
In his rovings through and about the country he could not have 
failed to see that in and around the v.aters of "The Great Andro- 
scoggin Lake" and particularly of Dead River, the game would 
thrive in abundance, and so, with a hunter's instinct, he selected 
this place for his future home. In previous years, when on these 
hunting expeditions, his camp was a hollow, giant maple tree 
standing on the Stinchfield cape on the northerly side of Dead 
River between its bends, nearly opposite the "Carrying Place." 
Stones and a few bricks which constituted his fire-place remam 
there to this day, and the spot is called "Old Foster's Camp." 
The log house to which he moved his wife and two sons, Stephen 
and John, was located on the southerly side of Foster Brook, a 
few rods easterly of where the railroad crosses it, at the extreme 
southeastern border of Androscoggin Lake. The farm he 
redeemed from the wilderness has since remained the property 
of his descendants, and is now occupied by a great-granddaughter, 
Mrs. Orrie A. (Foster) Davis. Farming, however, with him was 
incidental. Hunting and trapping in their seasons were his chief 
pursuits in which he was an expert and became widely known. 
His wife was Sally Streeter, by whom he had seven children. 
She died, and in 1835 he married Diadama, widow of William 
Johnson, of Monmouth, and for a time lived with her in her 
home in that town. The union did not prove harmonious, sepa- 
ration soon followed and he returned to his old home in Leeds. 

Mr. Foster was for a time a member of the Society of Friends 
and conformed to their habits and dress. It is related that on 
one occasion he became so highly exasperated at his treatment 
by one of his neighbors, that his temper got the better of the 
peaceful tenets of the order, and divesting himself of his coat, 
throwing it on the groimd exclaimed, "Lay there, old Quaker, 
till I've licked this fellow," which having executed satisfactorily, 
resumed his garb. 

His death was the result of an imfortunate mistake. He left 
his home on one of the last days of March for Augusta, to collect 



142 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

his pension. The route was over Bishop Hill and past the resi- 
dence of Zadoc Bishop, one of Leeds' earhest settlers. Meeting 
Mr. Bishop by the wayside he must stop and have a talk. While 
so engaged Mr. Bishop casually remarked, "You have lived all 
your life in the woods and know everything that grows there, 
tell me what is that bush growing up out of the wall there, I've 
thought it might be Dogwood and would like to know." Mr. 
Foster replied, "I don't know what it is, bring me some. T can 
tell if it is Dogwood — I know Dogwood." A twig bearing red 
berries and dried leaves was brought. Looking it over care- 
fully Mr. Foster says, "No, it isn't Dogwood. I don't know 
what it is, but I know Dogwood and it isn't that, I am not afraid 
to eat it," and taking leaves and berries into his mouth, chewed 
them vigorously and soon drove on. 

It was not long before he felt a soreness in his mouth and a 
sickness coming upon him, and by the time he reached the home 
of Enos Fairbanks in Winthrop, about four miles distant, he was 
violently sick. Mr. Fairbanks was aii old acquaintance, born in 
the same neighborhood. They had always known each other and 
Mr. Foster was accustomed in his trips to Winthrop to call on his 
old friend. 

He now stopped from necessity, and his condition was found 
so serious that medical aid was at once summoned from the vil- 
lage three miles distant. Nothing could avail, and after a day 
or two of intense suffering, the old pioneer, the adventurous and 
skilful hunter and youthful soldier closed his eventful life, April 
2, 1842. 

The funeral service was held in the Universalist Meeting- 
House in Winthrop village, conducted by Rev. Giles Bailey, the 
pastor. The services being closed, a grandson of the deceased 
tendered the minister the usual fee. A person who had assisted 
in the musical exercises standing near by, said to the minister 
after the grandson had retired, "Mr. Bailey, you've preached the 
old hunter into Heaven, with all his horses, his dogs, his guns and 
his traps, and you've only got ten dollars for it ; Parson Thurston 
wouldn't have done it short of twenty-five." 

The burial was in the "Fairbanks Cemetery" in Winthrop. 
On this elevated spot, overlooking the home of his boyhood, the 
Lake now widely noted for its beauty and as a place of public 
resort, the hills and meadows where his youthful muscles were 
trained and hardened for his chosen calling, his remains were 
quietly laid at rest beside his kin-folks. 

Years came and sped by, another generation had lived and 
passed away, the place unmarked and forgotten, when, after a 
prolonged and diligent search, it was at last discovered, a plain 
slab of marble erected, marking the spot and recording the fact, 
that here rests the remains of "A Soldier of the Revolution" and 
of "The First Christian Child born in this Plantation." 



HISTORY OF LEEDS I 43 

[It has been known to the author several years, that dihgent 
search for the grave of Winthrop's first-born white child and 
Leeds' early adopted son had, at last, been rewarded, and a 
memorial with a fitting inscription thereon erected thereat. 
Without the knowledge or consent of Winthrop's most highly 
esteemed historian and philanthropist, to whose favor and kind- 
ness the people of both towns, and especially the family are 
indebted for the foregoing interesting story of the adventurous 
life and tragic death of the "Old Hunter," and the properly 
inscribed memorial where his remains are reposing, I present the 
name of the Hon. John M. Benjamin.] 

For the benefit of the descendants of Stephen Foster and 
others who may be interested in preserving and perpetuating a 
genealogical record, the following is subjoined : Capt. Timothy 
Foster, the pioneer of Winthrop, was b. in Attleborough, Mass., 
May 14, 1720, and his wife, Sibler Freeman, Oct. 29, 1723. They 
were m. in 1744, and to them were b. in that town ten children, 
and another in the year following their settlement in Winthrop in 
1765. He was a member of the first board of selectmen of Win- 
throp and frequently re-elected to that and various other public 
offices in his town. He died April 3, 1785, and his widow Dec. 
8, 1813. 

Their children were : 

1. Timothy, Jr., b. March 21, 1745; 

2. Billy, b. Sept. 24, 1747 ; 

3. Eliphalet, b. July 27, 1749; 

4. Susan, b. April 15, 175 1 ; 

5. David, b. May 26, 1753; 

6. Thomas, b. May 23, 1755 ; 

7. Stuart, b. April 8, 1757; 

8. John, b. April 20, 1759; 

9. Oliver, b. March 5, 1761 ; 

10. Sibler, b. April 27, 1763; 

11. Stephen, b. Feb. 28, 1766. 

Soon after the battle of Lexington was fought, April 19, 1775, 
four of the sons of Capt. Timothy Foster, to wit : Capt. ^Billy, 
^Eliphalet, ^Thomas and ®John, repaired to the headquarters of 
the Provincial Arm)% at Cambridge, Mass., enlisted in the pri- 
vateering service, and never returned to their home fireside. 
Another of his sons, ^Oliver, we are unable to account for. 

I. Timothy, Jr., married Abigail Allen and had issue: 

Otis, b. May 8, 1773; 

Daniel, b. June 3, 1775 ; 

Elizabeth, b. Aug. 29, 1777; 

Molly, b. Feb. 24, 1783; 

Hannah, b. Nov. 17, 1786. 



144 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Timothy, Jr., died Aug. i, 1825. 

4. Susan, married Micajah Dudley (not traced) ; 

5. David, married Jan. 13, 1783, Millicent Howe, born April 
25, 1762, and d. Jan. 3, 1820. They had issue: 

Ann, b. Dec. 11, 1783 ; 
Ichabod, b. June 9, 1785; 
Preston, b. April 30, 1788; 
Clarissa, b. Aug. 6, 1790; 
Lavina, b. July 8, 1792; 
Freeman, b. Dec. 30, 1793; 
David, Jr., b. July 4. 1795; 
Nathan, b. March 2, 1798; 
John Winthrop, b. Feb. 12, 1800. 

7. Stuart, married Jerusha Wadsworth. Their children 
were : 

Wadsworth, b. Jan. 7, 1788; 
Oliver, b. Au^. 29, 1789; 
Sibyl, b. July 21, 171 ; 
.Moses, b. Nov. 10, 1793; 
Eunice, b. Jan. 4, 1796; 
Isaac, b. April 22, 1798; 
Stuart, Jr., b. June 7, 1800. 

10. Sibler, married Ephraim Stevens, b. June 29, 1758; and 
had issue : 

Hannah, b. Jan. 6, 1783; 
Thomas, b. May 29, 1784; 
Aran, b. Feb. 26, 1786; 
Ephraim, Jr., b. March 17, 1788; 
Eliphalet, b. April 11, 1790; 
Sybil, b. March 15, 1792; 
Joshua, b. March 21, 1794; 
Anna, b. Jan. 20, 1796. 

11. Stephen married Sally Streeter and had issue Stephen, 
Jr., b. in Winthrop, in 1784-5; m. Adeline Drake and settled in 
West Leeds, where they lived a long time ; later removing to 
Lagrange, Me., where he died. They had issue nine children, 
viz. : 

Adaline and Stephen (twins), Amanda, James, Columbus, 
Orra A., Phoebe, Melissa and Harriet. These were born in Leeds; 
yet most of the descendants of Stephen, Jr., reside in Lagrange. 

John, second child of Stephen, b. in Winthrop, in 1786; m. 
Priscilla Gilbert in 1801. They settled and lived in Leeds, where 
he d. Oct. 16, 1853; and his widow Feb. 6, 1861. Our data 
says they had nine children. 

Timothy, third child of Stephen, b. in Leeds Dec. 3, 1787; 
m. Nancv Morse in 1806. Thev lived on the homestead of his 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 1 45 

father. Mr. Foster, by his industry and close attention to farm- 
ing accumulated property. When the Androscoggin Railroad 
was built, he subscribed heavily to the stock, induced by the 
promise that a railroad station should be built near his house and 
the agency given to one of his sons. It was built there ; but, a 
little later removed to its present site at Leeds Center. Mr. 
Foster retained an antipathy against the company who fraudu- 
lently obtained his money, rendering him or his little equivalent 
therefor. He d. in Leeds July 27, 1867, and his widow Oct. 2, 
1871. They had issue eleven children, namely: Alonzo, Amelia, 
Willi^i Henry, Leon_ard, Amanda, Ward L., Charles Robert. 
Martha R., Lydia, Emeline ancl Kverett. ~ 

Al^Tizo. first' child of~ Timothy *nd Nancy (Morse) Foster, 
went away from Leeds when young, and no further data is at 
hand : 

Amelia, second child of Timothy, no data ; 

Rev. William Henry, third child of Timothy, b. in Leeds, 
March 12, 1812; m. in May, 1840, Harriet L. Curtis, and settled 
in Leeds. In 1844 he was assigned to the Fayette circuit in the 
Maine Methodist Conference, and for a period of 46 years, he 
continued a Methodist minister; since which time he has held a 
superannuated relationship with the conference. 

His present residence is Livermore Falls. 

To them were born : 

Orrie A., in Leeds May 20, 1841 ; m. Alonzo Davis. They 
reside on the Foster homestead in Leeds ; no issue ; Timothy H., 
in East Livermore ; d. in New Portland when a small boy ; 

Charles Henry, in East Livermore, Oct. 4, 1845 • <^^- ^^ Leeds, 
May 9, 1900, where he had held the office of Railroad Station 
Agent several years ; single ; 

Hattie A., in New Portland July 11, 1847; "i- Lorenzo Lead- 
better; lives in California; no issue; 

Alice I., in East Readfield in 1855 ; m. Lyman Kempton ; res- 
idence Rangeley ; no issue ; 

N. Emma, in New Sharon Feb. 3, 1858; m. Albert Simpson; 
residence California; three children. 

Leonard, fourth child of Timothy, died. 

Amanda, fifth child, m., but her family is broken and she is 
dead. 

Capt. W^ard L.. the 6th child, settled in Massachusetts; no 
record of his family. He was 3 years in the Civil War and Cap- 
tain of a Massachusetts company. 

Martha R., seventh child of Timothy, m. a ]\Ir. Russell and 
settled in Waterville, Me., where she died. Lydia, the next 
child ; account wanting. Emeline, m. John Frank Jennings, of 
Leeds, is now living. They have a daughter, Gertrude. 

Charles Robert, another child of Timothv and Nancv Foster, 



146 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

b. in Leeds Feb. 14. 1825 : m. Sarah Stevens. They had issue 
two children, Charles F"reemont and Henry Ward. Their resi- 
dence is Lowell, Mass. Air. Foster was a farmer and shoemaker. 
He spent his early life on a farm. He was in the late Civil War 
and died at the Soldiers' Home, in Chelsea, Mass., April i, 1901. 

Everett, the youngest child of Timothy, was born in Leeds 
Nov. 20, 1837. As a boy and young man he followed the pur- 
suits of farmer and shoemaker. When opportunity offered, his 
gun and traps were in evidence, which he much enjoyed. Early 
in manhood he entered the railroad machine shops at West Farm- 
ington, where he learned the machinists' trade. After four 
^years' service he went out on the road as engineer of a freight 
locomotive, wdiich he run ten years, when, in 1879, he was given 
the passenger train out of Farmington, where he remained until 
his death, Alarch 12, igoi. In 1858, he married Alary J. Morse. 
They had issue five children, one of whom only is remaining, the 
• others dying in childhood. Frank L., their only child now living, 
b. Aug. 14, 1865, graduated from Wendell Institute, Farmington, 
in 1880. From school, commenced firing his father's engine, and 
in due time became an engineer. April 12, 1890, he married 
Sadie E. Pratt, of New Vineyard, Me. His residence and that 
of his mother is Farmington, Me. 

Sally, fourth child of Stephen, the pioneer, w^as b. in Leeds 
in 1790. In June, 1809, she m. Ebenezer Libby aijd settled in 
Leeds, where they remained through life and where their five 
children were born, viz. : John, Ebenezer, Tillotson, Stephen and 
Jane. 

Abigail, their fifth child, sometimes called Tabbie, was born 
in 1800. Jan. i, 18 18, she m. Lewis Jennings, wdio later died, 
and she m., second, Sullivan Lothrop. in February, 183 1. She 
Avas the mother of nine children. 

Hannah, the next child of Stephen, b. in Leeds Jan. 8, 1804; 
m. Nov. 14, 183 1, Daniel Irish, by whom she had several children. 
He died and she m. second, Charles Crummett and bore him 
children. She d. Sept. 27, 1888. 

Ann, the youngest child of Stephen, the pioneer and hunter, 
was b. in Leeds, Aug. 28. 1807. Dec. 22, 1822, she m. Robert 
Crummett, of Leeds, and settled at Leeds Center, where they 
kept an inn many years. They had five children. 

An unusual effort has been made to obtain a more complete 
sketch of this family, and especially dates; but little interest has 
been awakened, and we submit it with many thanks to those who 
have contributed a portion of what is contained therein. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 14/ 



BREWSTER FAMILY. 



Morgan Brewster, the sixth in regular descent from Elder 
William Brewster, of the 2^[aytiower,was born in Lebanon, Conn., 
Aug. 26, 1762. 

His parents were William Brewster, born Aug. 13, 1741, and 
Olive (Morgan) Brewster, born May 8, 1737. His boyhood was 
spent on his father's farm in Lelianon, Conn., and Rome, N. Y. 
His school privileges were limited, but by perseverance he 
obtained a fair education. 

He served three years in the Revolutionary War and was 
once taken prisoner by a British sailing vessel. 

After the close of the war he went to Hanover, Mass., and 
worked at shipbuilding. He married Martha Stetson, at Han- 
over, March 31, 1785. 

In the spring of 1786, he moved his family to Freeport, Me., 
and during the summer he walked through the wilderness, by 
spotted trees, to Littleborough and bought a one-hundred-acre 
lot, where Job Young had a small opening and had built a log 
house. 

In the spring of 1787 he moved his family to their new home 
in the wilderness, and planted a small piece of corn where Job 
Young had burned olT the wood. That season he commenced 
clearing away the sturdy forests, and the next season he planted 
several acres of corn and potatoes. 

He built a barn in 1790. Previous to 1794 he had built a 
framed house and moved into it, having lived in the old log house 
seven years. 

Many were the hardships he had to encounter during the first 
years of his abode in Littleborough. 

There was no grist mill nearer than Turner. W^ith a bag on 
his back, containing 5 pecks of corn, he tramped through the 
woods, guided by spotted trees, to Turner village and back, a 
distance of twelve miles. He used to work in a ship yard at 
Hallowell with Levi Bates, one of his neighbors. In figure Mor- 
gan was short, stout and robust and very quick. Levi was tall 
and slim. They would work until Saturday noon and then walk 
home, a distance of twenty miles. The writer has heard Grand- 
father Morgan say, that he was obliged to take five steps to Mr. 
Bates' three, but had no trouble in keeping up. They worked 
all one winter for (two and six) 42 cents per day with board. 
He died Feb. 13, 1856, aged 93 years, 5 months, 17 days. 
He raised a family of seven children. William, the eldest, 
married Christina Briggs, of Greene, and unto them w-ere born 
sixteen children, several of whom are now living. He was one 
of the early settlers of Parkman, Me., was a prosperous farmer 
and held many offices of trust ; was chairman of the Board of 
Selectmen many years : religious preference. Baptist. 



148 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

]\Iary, their secontl child, married Aaron Morse. 

Lydia, next in the hst, married David Lane and settled in 
Leeds. They had issue four children, one of whom, Louisa, is- 
now living, aged 70 years. 

Oliver, their fourth child, married first, Arvida Briggs ; and 
second, Lyman Wheeler. She w-as the mother of seven children^ 
one of whom is now living, Orin Wheeler, of Lisbon. 

Martha married William Sprague, of Greene. She was the 
mother of five children of whom only one, Mrs. Lorania Ray, of 
Webster, is now living. 

Morgan, Jr., married Hannah Robinson and settled on the 
lot next south of his father. He had a familv of four children, 
two of whom are now living, — Mrs. Hannah Steven, of Island 
Pond, Vt., and Bryant M. In his declining years he gave his 
property to Orin Sprague to take care of himself and wife during 
their natural lives, which duty Mr. Sprague performed with ten- 
derness and care, to the entire satisfaction of all concerned. He 
died Feb. 8, 1881. 

Salmon, the youngest son, was born Sept. 4, 1802. Nov. 23, 
1823, he married Betsey, daughter of Zebedee Shaw, of Greene. 
They settled on the homestead farm with his father. His occu- 
pation was farming, carpenter, painter and sleigh manufacturer. 

In 1847, he opened a general store on Quaker Ridge and con- 
tinued there until 1855. When the Androscoggin Railroad com- 
menced operations in Leeds, in 1852, he built a store at Curtis 
Corner and did a successful business imtil 1863, wdien he sold 
out to his son, Henry M. 

He was a prominent Methodist and the first class leader in 
Leeds. Through his efiforts and liberality, the church on Quaker 
Ridge was built. In 1856, he sold his old homestead farm on 
Quaker Ridge and bought a farm at Curtis Corner, where he 
built a large and commodious house which he occupied during the 
remainder of his days. His wife died Feb. 28, 1857. I" Sep- 
tember, 1857, he married Laverna C., widow of Arza Gilmore. 
She bore him two children. 

He was postmaster at Curtis Corner from 1853 ^o ^^e time 
of his death, which was Dec. c), 1887. 

His children were Octavia Ann, born March 4, 1824; married 
Ormand T. Wing and has two sons now living, O. D. and F. B. 
Wing, merchants at Keen's Mills. She died Oct. 4, 1898. 

His second daughter, Martha, born June 26, 1826; married 
Job C. Dennen and died in April, 1857. 

His eldest son, Henry M., born Nov. 3, 1831, was educated 
in the common and high schools, and spent his boyhood working 
on the farm. After reaching the age of sixteen, he was occupied 
on the farm and driving a team to haul goods from Hallowell to 
Quaker Ridge, and in the store. At the age of twenty-one, he 




HENRY M, BREWSTER. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 1 49 

took charge of his father's store at Curtis Corner; was appointed 
assistant postmaster and has had continuous charge of the office 
as assistant and postmaster up to the present time. 

Jan. I, 1853, he was appointed raih'oad station agent at Curtis 
Corner, which position he held forty years and one month. In 
1857, he purchased one-lialf interest in the store and the husiness 
was conducted under the firm name of S. Brewster & Son until 
1863, when he purchased his father's share and continued to do 
a successful lousiness for many years. In 1898, he rented one-half 
of his store to R. D. Rand & Co. ; since that time has kept a stock 
of tobacco, cigars, confectionery, stationery and small w^ares. 

He has held a commission as justice of the peace and trial 
justice for the past thirty-eight years; solemnized thirty-three 
marriages ; conducted fifty-sev^n funerals, and has also done con- 
siderable business as administrator. Has attended forty-seven 
annual town elections, and every state and national election since 
1853. His political and religious preferences have always been 
decidedly republican and Methodist. He has always been an 
earnest advocate of temperance, a total abstainer from intoxicat- 
ing liquors and tobacco, and is a member of the Subordinate 
Lodge of Good Templars ; of Maine Grand Lodge, and the 
Supreme International Grand Lodge of the World. 

In 1859, ^'^^ married Angela, daitghter of Abial D. and Dor- 
cas (Lindsey) Bishop. She bore him four children, Hattie M., 
born Oct. 16, 1863 ; married Albion H. Hodsdon ; lives in Water- 
town, Mass., and is the mother of two children: Maria B., born 
April 30, 1867; unmarried; Charles B., born Nov. 23, 1871 ; 
married Lizzie, daughter of Hon. Thomas H. Boothby ; is a suc- 
cessful farmer, living on the Isaac Boothby farm. They have 
one child, Carrol H., born Jitly 4, 1882; living with his parents. 

Salmon C, son of Salmon, was born Jan. 21, 1844. He 
entered the Union Army in 1863, and served imtil the close of the 
war. He married Henrietta, daughter of Stephen Libby. She 
is the mother of tw^o sons, Charles H. and George, both living. 
He died June 20, 1888. 

Jennie M., eldest child by his second wife, was born in Sep- 
tember, 1858. She married Frank A. Tinkham, merchant and 
postmaster at South Monmouth. She is the mother of seven 
<:hildren, all living. 

Albion, born in July, i860; married Lilla, daughter of Moses 
•G. Beal ; died June 11, 1895. 



150 HISTORY OF I,EEDS 

GOULD FAMILY. 

The name Gould, from whom the famihes of Leeds and other 
New England towns have descended, is first found in what is now 
Saco, ]\Ie. In 1725, three English brothers, Pelatiah, William and 
Simeon came out to the wilds of America. Soon after their 
arrival in this country Simeon died ; William went to Ohio, where 
he settled and reared a family ; Pelatiah settled in Saco, and from 
him the Goulds of Leeds trace their line of ancestors. A son^ 
Samuel, born in that town in 1750; died at the age of 42 years. 
He was the father of eleven children, namely : Isaac, Robert, 
Joseph, Simeon, Samuel, Pelatiah, John, Eunice, Patience, Dor- 
cas and Sally ; all of whom except Eunice and Sally, came to 
Leeds. In 1808, Isaac and Robert came to North Leeds for the' 
purpose of shaving shingles. So well were they impressed with 
the place, the following spring found the other members of the 
family there. They constituted a colony of their own and settled 
near each other ; Isaac, about, one-quarter mile southerly of the 
railroad station ; Robert, where Aubry Edgecome now resides ; 
Joseph, where J. F. Burnham is living; Simeon, on the place now 
occupied by Welcome B. Gould ; Samuel, on the hill northerly 
of the buildings of the late William Boothby; Pelatiah, where 
now Freedom Gould resides, and John, where Fred H. Knight 
now lives. The children of Isaac were George, Rufus and 
William. 

Robert, who d. in 1868, reached a greater age than any other 
resident, 99 years ; m. Annie Parcher, and had issue Jeremiah, 
Oren, Asa, Robert, Harrison, Olive, Philena, Sally, Eunice and 
Cordelia. 

Joseph, m. Hanes ; issue William, Annie, Ruth, Betsey 

and Joseph. 

Simeon, m. first, Stewart ; issue Calvin, Stewart and Ingra- 
ham. Simeon m. second, Betsey Leadbetter. She was said to 
be, like some other step-mothers, unpleasant at times and cruel 
at other times. In retaliation, on a certain occasion, Ingraham 
used a chair in self-defense and floored the old lady. This, in 
one way, was a profitable feature in the life of the boy. His 
father gave him the remaining time of his minority after digging 
and removing the stumps on a certain piece of land. So great 
was the sympathy for the boy, all the young men and boys in the 
neighborhood turned out and helped perform the work. Thus 
resulted his fight for liberty and freedom. 

The children of Simeon by his second wife were : Samuel, Eli, 
Lloyd, Caroline, Elizabeth, Frank and Russell. 

Samuel m. Ruth Besse and settled in that portion of Leeds 
which was annexed to Wayne. They had issue Samuel, Phoebe, 
Hamilton, John and Pelatiah (twins), Patience, Jabez, Pelatiah,. 




ELISHA D. GOULD. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS I5I 

Abigail, Theodore, Cyrus, Ruth, Hepsibeth, Luther, Ruth, Gran- 
ville and Elias. Of this family, two or more are now living;. 
Cyrus, who resides in Wayne and whose age is 85 years, and 
Hamilton, whose residence is in Wilton, who is nearing the 
century mark. 

Pelatiah, b. in Saco, Me., in 1783 ; m. Mary Chamberlain and 
had issue Morris, Ivory, Miriam, Pelatiah, Levi, Gustavus, Sim- 
eon, Freedom, Fannie who d. in youth, and Fannie, wdio m. Ben- 
jamin Franklin Howard. The land deeded to Pelatiah Gould by 
James Sands in 1809, was the home of this family, and is now 
occupied by Freedom W. Gould, whose wife was Adelia Perley,. 
of Livermore. Their children were Fannie H., who d. at the age 
of 20 years, and Nathaniel P., who resides at North Leeds. Mrs, 
Adelia Gould d. in February, 1882. 

John, m. Ruth Elden and had issue William, Leonard, Chess- 
man, Joseph, Charles, Irenia, Octavia, Susan and Effie. 

Susan m. Elisha D. Gould, of Lisbon, Me., of whom further 
mention will be made at the close of this sketch. 

Eunice, m. Eld. George Parcher, of Saco. Their son, George, 
residing in Saco, has officiated in many positions of honor and 
trust ; has been collector of customs of that port, etc. 

Patience, m. Elijah Knapp, of North Leeds. They had a 
family of seven children, namely: Pelatiah, Abial, Jane, Rhoda, 
Jared, Dorothea and Ward. 

Dorcas m. Nathaniel Durrill, of Kingfield, Me. 

Sally, m. David Dennett, of Saco, Me. 

Elisha D. Gould, who was born in Lisbon, Me., in October, 
18 1 2. was not known to have been a relative of the Goulds who 
early settled in Leeds. Joseph Gould, born about 1746, was an 
English ship owner who settled in what is now Bath, Me., pre- 
vious to the Revolutionary War. He was the father of three 
sons, Closes, Jacob and John, all of whom settled in Lisbon, Me., 
about 1790. One of these, Moses, born about 1776, married Ann, 
a daughter of Capt. Adams, of Bowdoin, who, with two sons, 
were killed at sea by pirates in 1795. The children of Moses and 
Ann Gould were : Thomas, Charlotte, Moses, Sarah, Elisha, Sam- 
uel and Joseph. Of these, Elisha, whose father was killed in 
18 1 5, and who at the age of 12 years was turned adrift in the 
world, never knowing what a home was until he married in 1838, 
Susan, a daughter of John and Ruth (Elden) Gould, of Leeds, 
and made one of his ow^n in that tovA'n. On a farm located on 
the west side of Dead River in the extreme northern portion of 
the town they settled, reared a large family and died. In a fam- 
ily lot on the farm of Russell L., a son. are they resting from their 
labors. Mr. Gould was a charter member of Asylum Lodge, F. 
A. M., located at Wayne. They had issue Chessman D., Loring 
B., Russell L., Welcome B., Frank E., George B. and Elisha T. 



152 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Chessman D. m. Lizzie Gardner, of Weymouth, Mass. ; settled 
on the old Carver homestead, in Leeds; issue Loring, Harry, 
Samuel and Gertrude. He is a Mason and farmer. In early life 
worked at his trade in Massachusetts. Residence, Leeds. 

Rev. Loring P., a Free Baptist minister; m. Mary E. Brown, 
of East Livermore, Me. ; issue Charles, Merritt, Ernest and 
Susan ; residence, East Livermore. 

Russell L., a farmer, Mason and soldier; m. S. Ada Green- 
wood, of North Leeds; issue Willis E., John C, Alice May and 
Moses G. By his own efforts and labor, Mr. Gould has suc- 
ceeded in a manner such as honesty and industry merit. He can 
well be classed among the most thriving and intellectual farmers 
in the town. His is the Ezra Berry farm revised and built anew ; 
address, North Leeds. 

Welcome B., a carpenter and farmer; m. Betsey A. Brown, of 
East Livermore, Me. ; issue Georgina, graduate of Bates College ; 
m. Walter A. French, lawyer; residence, Leeds; and Blanche. 
3ilr. Gould spent many years in Lewiston ; returned to Leeds; 
purchased the Simeon Gould farm ; built a new house thereon 
and is now giving new life to soil so long dormant. 

Frank E., a painter and farmer; m. Sarah L. Peare, of Leeds; 
issue Frank, Maud and Carl. Mr. Gould, after some years of 
absence, occupied in work at his trade, returned to the home 
farm where he cared for his parents in their years of decline. 

George B., remained at home until he was several years 
advanced in manhood when he went to California where he has 
since remained. He is a single man. 

Elisha T., a graduate of the medical department of Bowdoin 
College, is in the practice of medicine in Sonora, California. He 
was married in that state, but of his family we are not informed. 

Willis E. Gould, M.D., a son of Russell L. and S. Ada (Green- 
wood) Gould, was graduated from the medical department of 
Bowdoin College. He located at the home of his childhood 
where he was best known, and where he has made for himself a 
name and acquired fame. He has taken an active part in the 
school work of the town and officiated in the capacity of super- 
intendent. Other responsible positions have been and are being 
filled 1)y him ; among which are those of clerk and auditor of the 
Androscoggin and Kennebec Telephone Company. 

Capt. Chessman, a son of John and Ruth (Elden) Gould, 
born in Leeds ; removed to Wisconsin ; was with Gen. Sherman 
in his march to the sea, acting Colonel of the 4th \^'isconsin Reg- 
iment ; present at the surrender of Gen. Lee. 

Joseph F. Gould, his brother, born in Leeds : settled in South 
Boston : was a doctor and the father of two doctors, Lawrence 
and Clark. 




W. E. GOULD, M.D. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 1 53 



PETTIXGILL FAMILY. 



The first to come to this country of those who Ijear the name 
of Pettengill or perliaps, as originally spelled, Pettingell, was 
Richard, who came from England about 1635, and settled in 
Salem, Mass. In 1643, Richard Pettengill m. Joanna, daughter 
of Richard Ingersoll. They moved to Newbury, Mass., in 1650. 
They had three sons and one daughter who reached the years of 
maturity. Their son, Samuel, born at Salem, ^lass., in 1645 - '^i- 
in Newbury in 1673, Sarah Poor. To them were born twelve 
children. Of these, Daniel ^\•as b. in New^bury in 1678. He was 
twice married ; first, to Mary Stickley, in 1694; second, to Esther 
French, in 1707. By both wives he had thirteen children — 
'seven b. in Newljury and six in Abington, Mass. 

Of the latter was born Joseph, in 1717. He m. first, Mary 
Edson at Bridgewater, in 1745 ; and second, Lydia Phillips at 
North Bridgewater in 1746. He had eleven children, ten of them 
by his second wife. Among these were William and Obadiah, 
who were also among the early settlers of Leeds. 

William was b. in Bridgewater, Mass., in 1759; died in Leeds 
Nov. 16. 1846. He was a Revolutionary soldier, as were nearly 
a hundred more of the descendants of Richard Pettengill. In 
1784, at Bridgewater, ]\Iass., he m. Lydia Cobb, who died in 
Leeds, Dec. 3, 1853, at the advanced age of more than 92 years; 
having moved to this town in 1790 or 1791. To them were born 
eleven children, viz. : 

T. Joseph, b. in Bridgewater, Mass., Aug. 4, 1785 ; came with 
his parents to Leeds when five or six years of age. He m. Alice 
Allen, of Greene. Later he removed to Monmouth, where he 
resided mainly tmtil his death, Jan. 25, 1869. He followed the 
carpenter's trade and was accounted a capable and faithful work- 
man in the pioneer settlement. Many rural homes, even at this 
day, stand as monuments of his handiwork. 

2. Hannah, 1). in Bridgewater Feb. 14, 1786; removed to 
Leeds with her parents, and in June, 1802, m. James Stinchfield. 
She died in Leeds June 19, 1871. 

3. Lydia. -t). in Bridgewater, Nov. 3, 1787; m. George Gor- 
don, of Wayne, Jan. 30, 1811 ; d. Feb. 27, 1819. 

4. Sarah, b. in Bridgewater. May 8, 1789; m. Jonathan Gor- 
don, of Wayne, 1809; d. December, 1879. 

5. Reuel, b. in Leeds Sept. 17, 1792; d. Oct. 23, 1862. 
March 24, 1813, he m. Lydia Briggs, who d. Dec. 21, 1873. 
Their children were : 

Lydia, b. Dec. 14, 1813; m. Calvin Briggs; removed to Still- 
water, Minn. (They had three children b. in Leeds. Cordelia, 
Prudence A. and Francis V.) 

2. Reuel, Jr., b. Feb. 18, 1816; remained a bachelor; d. Jan. 
26. 1899. 



154 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Arvida B., b. June 27, 1818; m. Elvira A. Sumner 
Jan. I, 1843; d. Nov. 16, 1899. Their children were: 

Elvira J., b. Oct. 26, 1843 ; "i- E. K. Prescott, of Monmouth, 
Feb. 16, 1879; 

Mary R., b. Aug. 17, 1849; d. July 23, 1866; 

Augusta W., b. Oct. 2"/, 185 1; m. Frank Niles, of Auburn. 
March 6, 1881 ; 

Frank E., b. July 5, 1861 ; m. first, Edith M. Coffin, May i, 
1881 ; had two children, Lena M., b. x-Vpril 21, 1882; and Aubrey 
E., b. ]\Iav 18, 1885 ; m. second, Georgia Beal, of 'Leeds, IMarch 
8, 1891. 

3. Cyrenius, third son of Reuel, b. March 2^, 1820; m. Amy 
A. Bates Jan. 15, 1845. They had four children, Henry F., b. 
April 20, 1846; has been an efficient officer in the affairs of his 
town and county; m. Addie M. Gordon, of Vienna, Nov. 30, 1871. 
To them have been born five children : Winifred, b. Feb. 26, 
1874; is a graduate of State Normal School, Farmington, and a 
teacher of large experience and of marked success ; m. Jan. i, 
1900, Alton G. Millett. Carl S., b. May 14, 1876, and Irving H., 
b. July 3, 1880, are engaged in mercantile busmess in Wilming- 
ton, Mass. Ethel G., b. Aug. 29, 1878. Clarence B., b. Jan. 13, 
1884. Emily A., second child of Cyrenius, b. Sept. 14, 1850; d. 
Nov. 27, 1855. Emily A., third child of Cyrenius, b. Aug. 28, 
i860; m. Manley M. Coffin June 19, 1881. Ermina E., fourth 
child of Cyrenius, b. Nov. 18, 1862 ; m. O. E. Curtis Dec. 23, 
1883. Coming into this family in her infancy and brought up 
as one of their own children, was a niece of Cyrenius and Amy 
Pettengill, Marv Emma Hammond, b. Oct. 21, 1859; m. Junius 
C. Wing May 6, 1883. 

4. Irison B., fourth son of Reuel, born Oct. 10, 1839; 
entered the Federal Army, Co. I, 23d Regiment, Maine Volun- 
teers, Sept. 29, 1862; d. in Maryland at Lock 21, on the Poto- 
mac, near Geogetown, D. C, Alarch 21, 1863, of small pox. 

6. Jeannette, fourth daughter of William. b. in Leeds Jan. 31, 
1795 ; m. Ebenezer Hammond, of East Livermore, Dec. 29, 1814; 
d. Jan. 14, 1883. They had issue three sons and two or more 
daughters. 

7. Isaac, third son of William, born in Leeds April 10, 1797; 
m. Hannah Norris in 1819, and moved to East Livermore about 
1832. His occupation was farming and blacksmithing, in which 
trade he was a skilled workman. He died Sept. 15, 1872. Of 
his nine children, six were born in Leeds, but during childhood 
moved with their parents to other towns. 

x\t this date, his only surviving son, Sewall, is a resident of 
Wayne and for many years has held positions of public trust in 
his native town and county. 

8. Ruth, fifth daughter of William, b. May 18. 1799; m. 
George Gordon, of W^ayne, Nov. 2, 1819; d. Dec. 9, 1862. 




SAMUEL PETTENGILL. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 1 55 

9. William, Jr., fourth son of William, b. Dec. 10, 1801 ; 
m. Eunice Day ^lay, 1827. He died April 11, 1881. She died 
Sept. 3, 1896. To them were born eleven children, five of whom 
lived to maturity, viz. : 

Ruth, b. Feb. 26, 1828; m. Lewis Churchill, of Leeds; died 
April 13, 1890; 

Samuel W. was b. March i, 1842. At twenty years of age 
he enlisted in Co. E, i6th Regiment Maine Volunteers, Aug. 14, 
1862. He endured the rigors of the autumn campaign of that 
year, and participated in the battle of Fredericksburg on that 
fatal 13th of December, 1862. Although he went through the 
battle unscathed, by various causes, among which was the exer- 
tion of rescuing a wounded comrade from capture by the ene- 
my, he sustained injuries from which he never fully recovered. 
From this time on to the expiration of his term of enlistment, 
he was obliged to serve in the Veteran Reserve Corps, from 
which he received his discharge in 1865. He continued in fail- 
ing health for several vears, dving of pulmonary disease June 11, 
1868; 

On Oct. 2}^, 1845, there were born to William and Eunice 
Pettengill twin daughters, — Lucetta and Lydia. Lydia m. Wil- 
liam E. Elder, of Lewiston, in 1864; Lucetta m. William H. 
Erskine, of Wayne, in 1865; died Oct. 15. 1884; 

William R., second son of William, Jr., b. Oct. 19, 1847; "lar- 
ried Fannie P. Libby Aug. 22, 1868. To them were born eleven 
children, viz. : Grace Vernon, b. June 30, 1869 ; m. John Plaisted, 
of Chicago Alarch 10, 1900; 

Samuel Henry, b. Aug. 31, 1870; a locomotive engineer on 
Maine Central Railroad ; m. Jessie Robinson, of Bartlett, N. H., 
Dec. 25, 1899; 

Emma Gertrude, b. April 18, 1871 ; m. Sanford Adams, 
Station Agent at Poland Spring, Portland & Rumford Falls Rail- 
road. Sept. 15, 1893 ; 

William Tillotson, b. Oct. 6, 1873 ! ^^ present a student in 
Theological Institute at Saratoga Springs, N. Y. ; 

Clara Eunice, b. July 23, 1875; d. Dec. 3, 1877; 

Ruth Eugenia, b. Dec. 23, 1876 ; in her Senior year at Bates 
College ; 

Clara May, b. ]\Iarch 24 ,1879; employed in publishing house 
at Waterville, Ale. ; 

James Garfield, b. Dec. 6, 1880 ; in business in Lewiston ; 

Fannie Lovisa, b. July 3, 1882 ; 

Sarah Ruby, b. Feb. 23, 1884; • 

Fred Russell, b. Sept. 23, 1886. 

10. Alary, sixth daughter of William, Sen., b. Jan. 20, 1805 ; 
m. Orlando Blake, of Alonmouth ; d. Jan. 6. 1895. 

11. Araminta, seventh daughter of William, b. Nov. 22^ 



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1807: ni. Joshua Elder, of Lewiston, F"eb. 24. 1850; d. Mav 5, 
1888. 

Obadiah, younger brother of W'ilHani, Sen.. 1). in Brockton, 
Feb. 9, 1761 ; m. Eleanor Cobb (sister of Lydia, wife of William, 
Sen.), March 8, 1792. He died March 29, 1845. Their children 
were : 

1. Arcadius, b. in Urockton, Mass., Jan. 19, 1793; m. Polly 
H. Tribou Dec. 19, 1814: d. Uct. 31, 1883. To Arcadius and 
Polly were born Ann P., Dec. 9, 1815; m. Alpheus Tribou April 
17, 1842: d. Feb. 27, 1899; Joel, b. March 20, 1817; d. Oct. 8, 
1883: William H., b. June 21, 1819; m. Nov. 2.y, 1845; d. June 
II, 1882; Arcadius, Jr., b. Dec. 11, 1822; m. first, Ann Merrill, 
Oct. I, 1843; ^- Ji-^"e 7, 1898. Contracted later marriages with 
Jane Norris, Mrs. Theresa jMorse and Mrs. Florenda Moore. 

2. Obadiah, Jr., second son of Obadiah, b. in Brockton, 
Sept. 26, 1795; d. Feb. 12, 1880. 

3. John, third son of Obadiah, b. Oct. 29, 1798 ; m. Maria 
Arno July 2, 1843 ■ ^- Dec. 7, 1858. These were a line of 
remarkable mechanics, especially as workers of wood. Of John, 
it was said, "he cotild even grozi) wood together." His children 
were Benjamin, b. May 17, 1844; m. Evelyn H. Outhouse, of 
Wrentham, ]\Iass.. March 7, 1900; and j\Iaria, b. May 31, 
1845 : fl- Jwiie 13, 1845. 

The mechanical abilities of the father seem to have been 
transmitted to the son, as, from his early bo3diood, Benjamin has 
been actively occupied in mechanical arts. For quite a number 
of years he has been extensively engaged in the construction and 
re-construction of carriages at his factory in Wayne. 

4. Phebe, eldest daughter of Obadiah, b. Aug. 20, 1801 ; d. 
Oct. 31, 1896. 

5. Phillips, fourth son of Obadiah, b. June 21, 1804; m. 
Joanna Harris. June 2, 1844; d. May 14, 1884. To them were 
iDorn Eleanor C, May 16, 1845 ; m. Francis E. Herve of Greene, 
Me., Jan. i, 1868; d. Aug. 31. 1896; J. Elizabeth, b. April 22, 
1847; "T- ^^ allace W. Mower, of Greene. March 23, 1875. 

6. Irena. second daughter of Obadiah. b. Feb. 9, 1806; m. 
James Clark ; d. Aug. 20. 1866. 

7. Jason, fifth son of Obadiah. b. Feb. 23, 1808; m. Lucetta 
Gordon April 9. 1845 ; d. April 4. 1862. She d. May 13, 1901. 
They had five children, George B,. b. Jan. 27, 1846; d. May 4, 
1869; Melintha G., b. Dec. 28. 1847; "i- -'^sa G. Gordon Jan. i, 
1885; Lois A., b. March 3, 1849; ""i- Rocellus C. Norris. May i, 
1876; Matilda F.. b. Aug. 16. 1850; m. Marcellus F. Cushman, 
Aug. 30. 1868: Wilbert H., b. Sept. 2. 1856; d. Aug. 24, 1874. 

8. Sarah C. third daughter of Oiiadiah, b. July 22. 1814; d. 
April 4. 1892. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS I 57 

CURTIS FAMILY. 

The Curtis family County of Kent Arms, Arg. a ches sa 
between three Bull heads cabossed gun crest ; a Unicorn pass or 
between four trees ppr. — Curtis, Cortis, etc., are ancient English 
families ; settled in the counties of Kent and Sussex. 

Stephen Curtis was a resident of Apledore, Kent, in 1450, 
and several of his descendants were mayors. Tenterden, a town 
from which some of the first settlers of Scituate came. The 
earlier descendants of those people are taken from an original 
record of their pedigree in possession of the family under the 
hand and seal of office of Sir William Segar, Garter King of 
Arms ; transcribed by John Philpot, liJlanch Lion, and entitled this 
descent of the Ancient familee Curtises in the County of Kent ; 
faithfully collected out of the office of Arms ; the public records 
of the Kingdom ; private evidence of the families and other memo- 
rable monuments of antiquities, in which pedigree, and also in 
several old MSS. in the Harleian Musiam, the Arms of the fam- 
ily are given as annexed without reference to any particular 
grant, but as borne by them in virtue of ancient usage. William 
Curtis came to New England, in the Lion, in 1632; was a resi- 
dent of Boston that same year, and later of Roxbury. where his 
descendants still reside. He was the ancestor of George T. and 
Berry R., Esquires, of Boston. 

Richard. ^Villiam and John Cm-cis were residents of Scituate 
in 1643; and Thomas in 1649, who was of York, Ale., and who 
returned there. John left no issue of whom there is record. 
Thomas left issue, a few of his descendants still living in Scituate 
and elsewhere, and more of the descendants of Richard, and those 
of William are numerous in that town, Hanover and other towns 
in Massachusetts. Those of William, among whom are the Cur- 
tises of Leeds, are here given. Of his wife, or the dates of their 
births or deaths we have no record, but he was a farmer and his 
farm was on the North River. He was a member of the second 
church. His children were: Joseph, b. in May, 1664; Benjamin, 
b. in January, 1667 ; William, Jr., b. in January, 1669. 

William, Jr., whose wife's name does not appear on our data, 
was the father of three children, viz. : Mary, who m. Joseph Ben- 
son, of Hull, March 17. 1727; Rachael, who m. Nehemiah 
White, April 25. 1737, and William third who was b. about 1696, 
and m. Margaret Pratt, Jan. 20, 1718. His residence was on 
Curtis Street, Hanover, where he d. March 4, 1737. His 
children were born: Abel, Nov. 24, 1719; Joel, Aug. 14. 1721 ; 
William fourth Aug. 27, 1724: who m. Martha Mane Nov. 13, 
1747: d. June II, 1759, leaving children, one of whom. William 
fifth, b. Dec. 4, 1752; married Deborah Curtis. Jan. 5, 1775. In 
1786, he was a member of the Board of Selectmen. He continued 



158 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

his residence in Hanover and there d. Jan. 26, 1793. He had 
issue eight children who came to 2\lanie, viz. : Ebenezer, WilHani, 
Abner, Josiah, Libbeus, Lincoh:, Charity and Deborah. 

Ebenezer, b. in Hanover, Mass., in 1775; ni. first, Cynthia 
Stetson, by whom he had Roa, b. 1805 ; Jeremiah, b. 1806; Mary, 
b. 1808; Cynthia, b. 1810. His second wife was Esther Ran- 
dah, bv whom he had three children, Hannah, b. 1816; William 
B., b. '1818; Betsey, b. 1821. He d. Aug. 22, 1868. Roa, his 
eldest daughter, m. Seth Dunbar, of Hingham, Mass. ; Jeremiah, 
his eldest son, m. Christina Berry and settled in Leeds, in which 
town his uncles, William and Abner, had settled A. D. 1800. Jer- 
emiah's children were Mary H., b. July 31, 1832; Ebenezer, b. 
April 21, 1836; Amanda T., b. Oct. 3, 1842; Amy A., b. Nov. i, 
1844. Jeremiah d. Aug. 11, 1880; Christina, his wife, d. Jan. 5, 
1848. Of these children of Jeremiah, Mary H. m. Abner Curtis, 
Jr., and lived in Leeds ; Ebenezer m. Cordelia Briggs ; resides in 
Leeds ; no issue. He was a soldier in the Civil War, in which 
service he continued until its close — a term of three or more 
years ; Amanda T. m. Levi Owen ; issue one child ; and Amy A. is 
omitted in the data. Mary, the second daughter and third child 
of Ebenezer, m. Benj. Monroe, of Hanover, Mass.; Cynthia, his 
next child, m. William Whiting, of Hanover; Hannah, the next 
in the list of Ebenezer's children, m. John Damon of Scituate, 
Mass. ; William B., whose numerical position was sixth in the 
list, married Augusta Sumner, of Leeds, where he spent his 
life. They had issue William H. and Henry ; both of whom 
reside in Leeds, and neither of whom are m. ; Betsey, the 
youngest child, m., as per data, John Damon, of Massachusetts. 

William, second child of William and Deborah Curtis, settled 
in Leeds in the year 1800. He located in that part of the Planta- 
tion now called Curtis Corner. His old home is still standing 
on the Brewster farm. He m. Olive Stubbs, to whom was b. 
twelve children, nine of whom grew to man and womanhood, 
namely : Charles, Joseph R., Washington, George, Mary, Sophia, 
Olive, Ann and Harriet. 

Of Charles, no data ; Joseph R. was a sea captain of expe- 
rience and note. He m. Louisa Sumner ; reared a family and d. 
in a foreign port ; Washington and George, no data ; Mary m. 
Amos Berry and lived in Leeds ; Sophia, m. Caleb Sumner, whose 
residence was Leeds ; Olive and Ann, no data ; Harriet, m. Rev. 
W. H. Foster, a son of Timothy, whose residence was Leeds. 
Most of these children of William Curtis had large families, of 
whom some receive mention in another place in this work. 

Abner, third child of William and Deborah Curtis, was b. hi 
Hanover. Mass.. March 4, 1782. He came to Leeds in 1800: 
settled at what is now called Curtis Corner, near the house of his 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 1 59 

brother, William. He m. Lydia, a daughter of \\'illiam Turner, 
of Leeds, by whom he had twelve children, namely : 

Joanna, b. Feb. 20, 1804; 

William, b. April 6, 1806 ; 

Louisa, b. May 29, 1808; 

Almon, b. Jan. 2, 1810; 

James, b. April 6, 1813 ; 

Obed, b. Oct. 15, 1815; 

Gracia, b. Feb. 3, 1817; 

Ansel, b. Feb. 20, 1819; 

Lydia J., b. May 10, 1821 ; 

Adeline, b. July 7, 1823 ; 

Abner, b. Dec' 28, 1825 ; 

Oren, b. Feb. 3, 1827. 

Abner Curtis, Sen., d. Dec. 13, 1867. 

Lydia, wife of Abner, Sen., d. March 6, 1872. 

Of their children, Louisa, James and Obed d. in infancy. 

Abner, Jr., d. Feb. 11, 1876, in Leeds; and Oren J. in Califor- 
nia, date . 

Joanna, eldest daughter of Abner, Sen., m. Martin Bates, of 
Leeds, by whom she had twelve children, namely : James, 
Orlando, Silas, Charles H., John O., Roswell, Francis, Helen, 
z\deline, Mary and Joanna, and another who died in infancy. 

W' illiam, second child of Abner, Sen., m. Lucretia Smith ; 
issue two children, Lydia F. and William H. Lydia F. married 
Mr. Anthony and had three children ; and William H. married 
Eliza A. Bryant, of Turner, and has two sons, Edward B. and 
Walter P., both of whom are m. and the former has one child. 

Almon, fourth child of Abner and Lydia (Turner) Curtis, m. 
Charlotte Alitchell, of Menna, Me., Jan. i, 1834. To them were 
born five children, viz. : 

Sarah A., March 10, 1835 ; 

Reuben D., Nov. 22, 1840; 

William D., May 10, 1842; 

Ervin H., Aug. 17, 1846; 

Ledru R.. Aug. 19, 1850. 

Two of these children d. in infancy, Reuben D. and Ledru 
R. ; Ervin H. d. April 12, 1861 ; aged 16 years. 

Sarah A., the only daughter of Almon, m. Alfred Beals, of 
■Greene, Aug. 15, 1859. They resided at North Leeds, and were 
■charter members of Leeds Grange, of which he was treasurer sev- 
eral years. They had one son, Horace P., w4io m. and lives in 
Lowell, Mass., and in turn has a son, E. Alfred. Mr. and Mrs. 
Beals later removed to Lewiston, where he died March 6, 1900, 
and in which city Mrs. Beals now resides. 

William D., is not accounted in the data of this family. 

Almon Curtis, the father of these children, was twice commis- 



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sioned, by the Governors of Maine, Captain of Leeds Rifle Co.^ 
and received his discharge from the same. His wife d. Dec. 14, 
1894; aged 84 years, 9 months; he d. July 13, 1897; aged 87 
years, six months. 

Gracia, seventh child of Abner and Lydia (Turner) Curtis^ 
jn. A. G. Day, of Leeds, Sept. 6, 1835. They had issue eight 
children, viz. : 

William S., b. April 6, 1837; d. July 4, 1837; 

Almon C.. b. July 3, 1838; 

Lydia J., b. July 21, 1840; 

Henry F., b. March 29, 1843; d ; 

Charles A., b. Feb. 22, 1846; 

Hester A., b. March 20, 1848; d. March 9, 1852; 

Wallace O., b. Jan. 13, 1852; d ; 

Clara A., b. Oct. 11. 1854. 

Mr. A. G. Day d. May 18, 1880. 

There being no separate account of the Day family obtained 
for this work, Ave here include such data as we have of the 
children of Gracia Curtis and her husband, A. G. Day. 

Almon Curtis Day, b. in Leeds, July 18, 1838; m. Clara Brad- 
ford, of Turner, July 5, 1862. They settled in Buckfield and 
continued their residence there imtil 1885, when they removed to 
Turner, where they now reside. They have four children, viz. : 
Elsie A., b. April 15, 1864; m. Robert Haskell, of Auburn, Jan. 
I, 1889; have two children, Weston B., b. Feb. 27, 1893; and 
Ada Louise, b. Dec. 11, 1897; Nellie A., b. Nov. 22, 1865; m. 
Walter Lawrence, of Sumner, April 21, 1894; have one son, 
Almon D., b. May 8, 1896; Wallace E., b. March 4, 1867; m. 
Winifred G. Francis, of Livermore, Jan. i, 1900, and Clara 
Addie, b. July 26, 1871 ; who m. a nuisic teacher whose name is 
not given. Mr. Day, Sen., was a farmer and for twenty years 
was engaged in the sale of nursery stock. Mr. Almon Curtis 
Day was a member of the municipal and school boards in both 
Buckfield and Turner, and represented his district in the House 
of Representatives of Maine. 

Lydia J. Day m. Martin K. Bumpus, of Hebron, Me., Sept. 
15, 1859. ^"d had issue: 

Rafeigh M., b. May i, t86i ; 

Hester A., b. May 19, 1866; 

Nora B.. b. Dec. 31, 1871. 

Martin K., the husband and father, d. Aug. 10, 1900. 

Raleigh M., m. Mabel L. Perham, of Bryant's Pond. Feb. 19, 
1890; had issue Clare, Harold and A. Francis. Raleigh M. is 
a farmer and resides on the old homestead in Turner. 

Hester A., m. Fred B. Marston, of Farmington, N. H., Dec. 
21, 1894. She was a successful teacher in the schools of Maine 
and New Hampshire. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS l6l 

Nora B., m. H. I. Mason, of Sumner, April 9, 1889. ^1^^' is- 
a music teacher and artist. Her husband is superintendent of 
the butter factory in Augusta, Me. 

Clara A., m. Daniel Cary, Nov. 5, 1878. They have one son, 
Ralph, b. Sept. 19, 1881. 

Ansel, eighth child of Abner and Lydia (Turner) Curtis, ni. 
Minerva White, by whom he had six children, namely : 

Willard M., Clementine, Millard, Florentine, Irven and 
Estella. He removed from Leeds to Waltham, Iowa, in 1868, 
and later to Iroquois, South Dakota. His son, Willard M., d. 
July, iqoo. His daughter, Florentine, is m. and lives in Califor- 
nia. The others are single. 

Lydia J., ninth child of Abner and Lydia (Turner) Curtis, 
m. Nathaniel Harris, of Greene, Aug. 18, 1855 ! l^S-*^ o"^ child, 
Minnie A., b. Nov. 7, 1857. Mrs. Harris m. second, Samuel 
Blake, of [Monmouth, Sept. 18, 1868; no issue. Her daughter, 
Minnie A., m. James B. Packard, of Monmouth. Sept. 12, 1880. 
They have issue Winfield Forest, b. Aug. 2^, 1881 ; Harold Win- 
wood, b. Jan. 15, 1886; Florence Grace, b. Dec. 21, 1889; and 
James Roy, b. Aug. 26, 1892. 

Adeline, tenth child of Abner and Lydia, m. James D. Gilbert, 
of Sumner. They had issue Emma F., Ann C. and Roswell C. 

Abner, Jr., eleventh child of Abner and Lydia, m. Mary H. 
Curtis, of Leeds, in June. 185 1. To them were born in Leeds, 
three children, to wit : Flora E., Albina L. and Oren E. Flora 
E. m. Lewis L. Lindsey of Leeds. Jan. 8, 1873. They have issue : 

Arthur L.. b. July 15. 1874; 

Bertha M., b. Nov. 31, 1875; 

Alice B.. b. June 3. 1880; 

Annie L.. b. April lo. 1885 ; 

Harry C, b. Nov. 6, 1892. 

L. Albina. second child of Abner and Mary Curtis is a 
maiden lady. 

Oren E.. their youngest child, m. Mina Pettingill and lives 
on the old homestead farm of his parents and grandparents. He 
is one of the successful farmers of Leeds. Their children are: 

Ada C, b. May 5, 1885 ; 

Walter, b. Jan.' 2. 1887 5 

Archie, b. Dec. 25, 1894. 

Oren J., twelfth child of Abner and Lydia (Turner) Curtis, 
m. Sarah Bosworth, of x\bington. Mass., in 1853. ^^ them 
was b. a daughter, Marion, Oct. 27, 1854. She m. Henry H. 
Farr, April 6. 1873. They have a daughter. Bertha Estella, b. 
July 26, 1874. She m. Arthur S. Green in 1897. Their resi- 
dence is in Milton. Mass. Mr. Farr d. in Littleton. N. H.. sev- 
eral years ago, in which place his wndow now resides. 

In 1854 (Dren J. went to California, and in the winter of 1855, 



l62 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

lost his life in a snow and land-slide while mining in Butte 
County, in that state. 

Josiah, fourth child of William and Deborah Curtis, came 
from Hanover, Mass., to Leeds, in 1800, and settled near Curtis 
Corner. He m. Hannah Billington. They had four children, 
viz. : Deborah, Adeline, Chesman and Laura. 

Deborah and Adeline never married. Chesman m. Prudence 
Goch. They had three children, Letitia, Sarah and Abbie. 

Laura m. John P. Hodsdon who resides in Wayne. 

Lebbeus and Lincoln, fifth and sixth children of William and 
Deborah, moved to Searsport, Me., with their families. Several 
of their children were sailors and became masters of vessels. 

Charity, seventh child of William and Deborah Curtis, m. 
Sylvanus Hammond, of Wayne, and lived in that town. They 
had several children. 

Deborah, the youngest child of William and Deborah, m. 
Robert Curtis, of Greene ; no issue. 



OTIS FAMILY. 

In Massachusetts the name of Otis is a common one, and 
many of its representatives are among the families of prominence. 
When such names as James and Harrison Gray Otis are men- 
tioned to people of Boston, a spirit of pride is at once awakened 
and a golden chord attaches to their memory. In Leeds, the 
name first appears in the year 1792, in the personage of Oliver, 
who was born in Scituate, Mass., Nov. 8, 1768. He was a relative 
of the said James and Harrison G., but in what degree our data 
is wanting. At the age of twenty-three, hearing of the cheap 
and rich farming lands in the District of Maine, and especially 
in the Androscoggin valley, hither he came and purchased with 
money he had saved from mackerel fishing, a section of land in 
Turner. He made his temporary home in the family of Doctor 
Childs, who had a very extensive practice. On horseback he 
frequently rode through the neighboring settlements of Greene, 
Leeds, Livermore, etc., collecting bills for the doctor. On one 
•occasion, he came to the house of Rogers Stinchfield on the south 
bank of Dead River. Betsey, the eldest child of Rogers was 
then a young lady of eighteen. She was born in New Gloucester, 
April 14, 1774. As young Otis rode up to the door, she glanced 
through the window and there sat the handsomest young man 
she had ever seen. (Her notion!) That picture, for an instant 
at the window, and the hospitable reception and entertainment 
of the young collector on that trip, and subsequently on soliciting 
trips, resulted in a "proposal" and "acceptance." and on Oct. 11, 
1792, they were married. Some time before their marriage, 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 1 63 

young Otis disposed of his land in Turner, and made his stay in 
Lewiston. On the 26th day of June, 1792, Adams Royal con- 
veyed Lot No. 64 in Littleborough, to Oliver Otis, of Lewiston. 
On this lot a log house had been built and a clearing made. The 
house stood westerly and near the present residence of A. J. 
Lane. When they were married he said to his wife: 'Tf we have 
good luck, in six years we will be able to have a frame house." 
They moved into the log house and proceeded with the clearing, 
fencing, orcharding and stocking of the farm. 

In less than six years, in 1797, although there were several 
open-mouthed young Otises to feed, they moved into their new 
house, which is the same now occupied by Mr. Lane and is 
nearly opposite the school-house which has since been erected on 
the same site where the former school building stood. They had 
issue : 

Fannie, b. May 11, 1793; 
Ensign, b. April 11, 1795; 
Sarah B., b. April 28, 1797; 
Lydia P., b. June 24, 1799; 
John, b. Aug. 3, 1801 ; 
Oliver, b. July 26, 1803 ; 
Eliza, b. Dec. 10, 1804; 
Ann F., b. Sept. 8, 1806; 
Oliver, b. Sept. 29, 1809 ; 
Harrison G., b. March 13, 1812; 
Amos, b. Sept. 19, 1813; 
Martha J., b. Sept. 30, 1821. 

Three of the children died young, Oliver April 24, 1807; 
Oliver May 6, and Harrison G. May 7, 18 14. Of those remaining, 

1. Fannie, married first, James Leadbetter, July 3, 1814; second, 
Jonathan Bartlett in January, 1826. By her first husband she 
had two children, one of whom died young. The other, 
Laura Ann, married a Mr. Wingate of Houlton, Me. By 
her second husband she had two sons and a daughter, James, 
Jonathan and Mary. The former resides in California and 
the others in Montville, Me. 

2. Ensign, married first, Martha Davis, of Montville, Me., Jan. 
14, 1822. She died August 18, 1858, leaving one son, John, 
whose residence is Auburn, Me. He has three children, or 
more. One son. Oliver, is a noted editor, and resides in Bel- 
fast, Me. 

His second wife was Laura Howard, by whom he had one 
son, Ensign, who died young. The dates of the deaths of 
Ensign and his widow are not known to writer. He was an 
earnest promoter of the Androscoggin Railroad and several 



164 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

years on the board of directors. To his efforts and those of 
Giddings Lane is largely due the establishing of that enter- 
prise. 

3. Sarah B., the third child of Oliver Otis, married Ephraim. 
Woodman, of Wilton. Me., July 19, 1812. He was born in 
Buxton, Me., April 25, 1787. They had issue: 

Olive B., born in Wilton, Me., Nov. 2"^, 1814; married 
Samuel L. Hazard, of Boston, Feb. 9, 1840; Oliver Otis, born 
in Wilton Oct. 7, 1816; married Carrie Thomas, of Raymond, 
Miss. He was the first mayor of Vicksburg. He subse- 
quently removed to New Orleans, and died in Virginia Aug. 
30, 1869, oi'' 'lis way north for his health; was brought to 
Massachusetts and buried at Mt. Auburn ; left no issue ; Ivey 
F., fourth child, married Frances Strickland, of Livermore, 
in 1842, and died on a plantation in Mississippi, April 25, 
1872; leaving one daughter; Epiiraim W.. the youngest child 
of Sarah B. (Otis) Woodman, married in Wilton, in June, 
1847, Elizabeth Fenderson. She died in 1852 ; no issue. He 
then went to California, returning in 1859; in i860, married 
Sarah Hiscock of Wilton. He was in the Civil War and 
received his commission as Captain of Co. A, 8th Maine 
Infantry Regiment, Sept. 7, 1861 ; promoted to Major Octo- 
ber 8 ; further promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel of that regi- 
ment Dec. 23 ; to Col. of the 28th Regiment Nov. 3, 1862 ; mus- 
tered out Aug. 31, 1863. Dec. t8, 1863, he was commissioned 
Colonel of the 2d Maine Cavalry, its only Colonel ; mustered 
out Dec. 6, 1865. He died in Vernon, Madison County, 
Miss.. ]March 17, 1869. leaving a widow and three sons; 
the youngest, two months old and the eldest seven years. 
The widow died. No date. 

4. Lydia P., married Addison ]^Iartin, her second cousin, July 
10, 1826. She was killed instantly by lightning July 5, 1842. 
She left four children. x\ddison Martin, Jr., born in Guil- 
ford Nov. 9, 1826; married Louisa Brooks of Portland, in 
1855 ; reside in San Francisco, Cal. ; issue two children, Oliver 
and Lydia. 

2. Lydia Martin, born in Guilford, Mach 19. 1828; mar- 
ried David S. Parker, of Corinth, Dec. 2}^, 1847; ^^^^ "1 ^^i^" 
ford, Aug. 17, 1868: had eight children; two of whom died 
young; those remaining, Elsie F., Lizzie O., David C, Flora 
M., Lillie L. and Mabel H. 

3. Emily F. Martin, born in Guilford May 13, T831 ; 
married Henry Hudson March 30, 1850; had six children, 
three of whom died young: the others, Henry, b. in Guilford, 
March 19, 1851; a lawyer; Alicajah, b. Ibid., Nov. 23. 1854^ 
James, b. Ibid., Oct. 22, 1857. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS I 65 

4. Martha Martin, born in Gnilford Aug. 28, 1836. is a 
maiden lady. Hers has been a Hfe devoted to the cause of 
etkication, and largely spent in teaching in the schools of 
Maine and Massachusetts. 

John, fifth child of Oliver and Betsey (Stinchfield) Otis, 
married Frances Vaughn, of Hallowell, Me., Jan. 12, 1831. 
They had issue seven children, two of whom died in infancy. 
Of the others, Welleon O. was a lawyer ; living in Texas ; 
Maria, married a Mr. Merrick, of Philadelphia, Pa. ; and died, 
leaving three children ; X'^aughn, died at home in Hallowell, 
when 20 years old ; John, who resides on a plantation in Mis- 
sissippi, and Frances, who died at home at the age of 18 years. 

The first wife of Hon. John Otis died July 25, 1846. In 
August, 1848, he married Ellen Grant, of Hallowell. The 
fruit of this marriage was tliree children, to wit : Samuel, 
Mary and Elizabeth. Their home is in Hallowell, Me. 

Hon. John Otis was a lawyer and held many public posi- 
tions. He was a member of both branches of the State Leg- 
islature and representative in the thirty-first Congress. Hon. 
Elihu Washburn and several other prominent Maine lawyers 
studied law with him. He died Oct. 29, 1856. 
Eliza, married Roland Bailey Feb. 29, 1828, a son of Hon. 
Seth Howard, whose residence was where A. J. Foss now 
lives. She accompanied him to this place where they con- 
tinued to reside until his death, which occurred April 30, 1840. 
They had issue General Oliver Otis Howard, whose biography 
appears in another place in this work ; Rev. Roland Bailey, and 
General Charles H., of whom further mention will be 
made elsewhere. 

In June, 1841, she married Col. John Gilmore, of Leeds, 
by whom she had one son, Rodelphus H., who is a lawyer 
in Denver, Col. He married first. Rose Ellen Deane, of 
Leeds, Aug. 8, 1866. He will receive further mention in 
connection with the family of Eliza, his mother. 
Ann F., married Jonas P. Lee, of Leeds, July 17, 1828, by 
whom she had three children : Sarah, Silas and Samuel Perry. 

Sarah married first, a Mr. Sargent, by whom she had five 
children, three of whom died young. Mr. Sargent died in 
1842, and she married J. F. Talbot, of Machias, Me., but 
later moved to Maiden, Alass. 

Silas was a surgeon in the western division of the army 
in the Civil War, and died in St. Louis. 

Samuel Perry was a sea captain, and in the Civil War was, 
for a time, in the Navy, but Sept. 7, 1861, received a Lieuten- 
ant's commission in Co. E, 3d Maine Infantry Regiment ; pro- 
moted to Captain Oct. i, 1862; promoted to Major of the 
3d Regiment, Nov. 28, 1862 ; transferred to invalid corps 



1 66 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

July 2, 1863. He was fearfully wounded at Fredericksburg^ 
and at Gettysburg he was so badly wounded that his arm 
was removed at the shoulder. He was subsequently placed 
on the retired list and made his home in Vineyard Haven, 
Mass. 

8. Amos, the next child, married Laura D. Woodbury, of Mmot^ 
Me., March 31, 1842. He died Aug. 3, 1844; ^"d his widow 
on the I2th day of the following October; without issue. He 
was a physician and in active practice. 

9. Martha Jane, the youngest child of Oliver and Betsey 
(Stinchfield) Otis, married in Hallowell, C. H. Strickland, of 
Wilton, Me., Dec. 21, 184 1. He died in Richmond, Ind., in 
1876. They had issue one son and three daughters. The son 
died several years ago. One, or more, of the daughters mar- 
ried, but further knowledge of them has not been obtained by 
the writer. 

Oliver Otis and his wife, Betsey, accumulated a large 
amount of wealth and enjoyed the reputation of being the 
richest family in the town. When advanced in years, more 
than 70, he removed to Hallowell, assigning as a reason 
that his taxes in Leeds were too high. When he died in that 
city, Sept. 28, 1844, his remains were brought to Leeds and 
buried in the cemetery northerly of Lothrop's Corner. His 
widow died in Hallowell in 1855, and was buried beside him, 
near her childhood home. 



CASWELL FAMILY. 

From the town of Hanover, ATassachusetts, came Levi Cas- 
well to Littleborough Plantation in the year 1795. He settled 
near the southern boundary in the eastern portion, on a tract of 
land which he redeemed from wilderness to cultivation, the same 
having been known by the name of Caswell farm since. In 1796, 
he married Alice Clark, of Scituate, Mass., by whom he had 
eleven children, to wit : 

L Levi, Jr., b. April 20, 1797; d. in Lubec, Me., leaving a 
widow and four sons, one of whom is now residing in 
Melrose, Mass. ; is a policeman. 
n. Alice, b. April 27, 1798; m. Hannibal Farewell, of Vas- 
salboro. Me. She is the mother of twelve children, 
two of whom, Chandler and Alanson, accumulated 
great wealth. 
HL Druzilla. b. May 12, 1799; d. Feb. 15, 1801. 
IV. Job, b. Dec. 20, 1800 ; m. Elvira Sprague, of Greene, by 
whom he had two sons, Augustus B., who died in 
Auburn ; and Cyrus M., who is a merchant in Port- 
land. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 1 67 

V. Alanson B., b. Nov. 4, 1802 : was in the Railway Mail 
Service several years ; m. Elmina, a daughter of Jer- 
emiah and Desire (Butterlield) Stinchfield, of Farm- 
ing-ton, Me., Nov. 12, 1835. His wife died June 29, 
1844, and he died later in Washington, D. C. They 
had issue two daughters, both of whom died young. 
VI. Chandler, b. July 2^, 1804; drowned June 17, 1818. 
Vn. Jason, b. March 23, 1806; had an unwritten history; died 
in Greene. 
VIII. Lendall, b. Sept. 10, 1807; ^^- i'^ Farmington, Nov. 23,, 
1845. 
IX. Druzilla, b. Feb. 2, 1809; ni. Silas Coburn, of Greene, by 
whom she had five children ; none of whom are living. 
X. Peleg B., b. Aug. 19, 181 1; m. Mary O. Robbins, of 
Greene. They had nine children, namely : 

1. Earl, b. Sept. 25, 1837; m. Augusta ]\I. Young, of 

Belgrade, Me., l)y whom he had five children ; 
three of whom are living. He has been in trade 
at North Leeds and in Chesterville, and has 
recently returned to North Leeds ; 

2. Mary A., b. Feb. 5, 1839 ; d. Feb. 24, 1859 ; 

3. Sarah J., b. Sept. 24, 1S40; d. Feb. i, 1859; 

4. Lloyd B., b. Aug. 5, 1842; resides in Minneapolis, 

Alinn. ; 

5. Levi G., b. Nov. 13, 1844; m. Annie L. Richards, 

of Boston, by whom he had six children, two of 
whom are living, Frederick L., who is a con- 
ductor on the Boston Elevated Railway, and 
Harry R., a student in Boston English High 
School ; 

6. Lendell S., b. May 9, 1846; m. Theresa H. Parsons, 

of New York. They reside in Minneapolis ; 

7. Clark R., b. March 21, 1848; m. Elvira F. Emerton, 

of Bingham. Me., by wdiom he had two children, 
W. Benson, a graduate of Maine State Col- 
lege : now a civil engineer in Philadelphia ; and 
Mary H., who is taking a course in Colby. Mr. 
Caswell was a fine machinist. His residence 
was Waterville, v.here he died Jan. 5, 1898 ; 

8. John O., b. Feb. 11, 1850: d. Feb. 15, 1859. 

9. N^ancy E., b. Nov. 24, 1853 • "i- Leander Patten, of 

Greene, and had issue Lorey, b. April 4, 1888. 
XI. Juliette, b. Sept. 10, 1813; d. March 18, 1815. 

Mr. Levi Caswell, the subject of this sketch, was born in 
Hanover, Mass., and died in Leeds, but the dates are, unfortu- 
nately, Unknown to the writer. 



1 68 HISTORY OF LEEDS 



HOWE FAMILY. 



Prominent among the early settlers of the town of Winthrop 
is the name of Icabod Howe. To him was granted in that town 
Aug. 22, 1770, Lot No. 70. The first meeting, that called for the 
purpose of municipal organization. May 20, 1771, was presided 
over by Mr. Howe. He was also elected a member of the Board 
of Selectmen. His name frequently occurs in the list of officers 
in that town's early history, and in 1775, the earliest date given 
that Winthrop sent a representative to the Provincial Congress, 
held at Cambridge Feb. 5, he was elected to that office. By 
direction of the Provincial Congress to discipline the inhabitants 
in military tactics, Mr. Howe was elected Captain. The place 
of Mr. Howe's nativity was Marlboro, Mass. He was a son of 
Jonathan and Sarah (Hapsgood) Howe. He married Sarah 

. and resided for a few years in New Ipswich, New 

Hampshire, from which place he moved his wife and three 
children to Winthrop in 1768. Their children were: Jonathan, 
b. July 31, 1760; Millicent, b. April 25, 1762; Sarah, b. ^Nlarch 15, 
1766; Stephen, b. Dec. 9, 1768; David, b. Sept. i, 1771 ; Susanna, 
b. April 13, 1774; Eunice, b. Feb. 22, 1776. 

To his eldest son, Jonathan, were the people of Wayne 
indebted for their first mill and mill-dam. he being the first man 
to obstruct the free course of the waters of the "Thirty-Mile 
River," on their way to the sea. Not to this mill alone were 
the energies of Mr. Howe confined. In 1801, he started to erect 
a mill at the south end of Androscoggin Lake, on the site where 
the mills of George Gordon were subsequently built. At his mill 
in Wayne village his lumber was sawed and prepared, put in the 
water, rafted and started on its course, but before reaching its 
destination Mr. Howe was accidentally drowned. 

Stephen, the second son of Ichabod Howe, was his first child 
born in Winthrop. He married Eleanor Turner and settled in 
Leeds, about 1790. His children were: Lewis, Christina, Lovina, 
Jane, Stephen, Jonathan, Cyprian and George. 

One of these sons, Cyprian, married Mary, a daughter of 
Thomas and Lydia (Bishop) Graffam, of Leeds. They had issue 
George T.. Jane, Charles. Frances, Lydia, Marcellus, Cyrus and 
Moses. George T., born June 26, 1836, was educated in the 
town schools and in the high schools in Winthrop and Lewiston. 
In June, 1853, '""e started in to learn the trade of brick-maker. 
From 1857 to i860, he carried on a successful business in Lewis- 
ton. From there he went to Brunswick, and after the great fire 
in Boston in December, 1872. he furnished large quantities of 
brick used in the reconstruction of buildings in that city. Jan- 
uary I. 1879. he married Edith, a daughter of James and Edith 
(Walton) Hutchins. They have issue one daughter, Edith, born 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 1 69 

March 11, 1880. In May, 1880, he opened the extensive and cel- 
ebrated brick plant which he has operated 21 years at Leeds 
Junction, and supplies the local trade in addition to the immense 
business of the Maine Central Railroad, which, in connection 
with the quantities sold for public and private buildings, amount 
to an annual output of more than 1,200,000. Aside from this 
business, he is engaged in the wood and lumber trade and exten- 
sively in agriculture. x\t the present time he owns more than 
500 acres of land in the vicinity of Leeds Junction, and holds 27 
deeds of real estate there and in other places. Few farmers m 
JMaine cut the quantity of hay harvested by Mr. Howe, — 160 tons 
in a single year. Mr. A. G. Bates has been in his employ most 
of the time since 1867, alone preparing the clay and sand to 
make more than twenty millions of bricks ; and when ready for 
shipment, has loaded them on the cars. Although Mr. Howe has 
never joined any church, he is a liberal contributor to the support 
of all the different societies in his section, and in that (he says) 
makes no mistake. If we should fail to say that he is a "Jeffer- 
sonian, Tilden. Cleveland Democrat," we might merit his dis- 
pleasure. 

It is a matter of regret that a more complete sketch of the 
Howe familv of Leeds, has not been furnished for this work. 



WING FAMILY. 

The Wing family is one of the oldest in Leeds. 

Bachelder Wing and family came from the town of Sand- 
wich on Cape Cod, Barnstable County, Mass., in 1793, and settled 
in Leeds on the river road on the tarm now owned by Augustine 
V. Deane. But wishing to avail himself of the society of the 
Quaker settlement, then established at the south end of the 
town on and near what is now known as Quaker Ridge, he 
exchanged places w ith a Air. Deane on Richmond Hill, so called, 
securing a rugged, but fertile farm, where he reared his family 
of twelve children, viz. : Nabby, Hannah. Caleb, James, Experi- 
ence, Allen. Mary, Mehitalile, Sands. Phebe, Almira and William. 
Of these, Nabby married Cyrus Sampson and settled in South 
Leeds at the corner where Mr. Sampson was in trade at the 
time, and remained here for several years, later removing to East 
Winthrop ; 

Hannah married Benjamin Dunham ; settled on the farm 
where George Beckler and son now live, remaining there 
through life ; 

Caleb settled on the south half of the homestead lot, building 
a new set of buildings thereon and remained there ; 

James married and went to Somersworth, N. H. ; was engaged 



170 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

in a cotton mill for several years, when he returned to Quaker 
Ridge and purchased the farm where A. S. Tuck now lives, this 
being at present one of the oldest houses in Leeds ; 

Experience, married a Dudley and moved to China, Me. ; 

Allen, married and moved to Chandlersville ; 

Mary, married Hazel Sampson, settled in South Leeds, wdiere 
Thomas Packard now lives ; 

Alehitable, married Howard Sylvester and settled in North 
Greene ; 

Sands, lived on the home place for several years when he 
moved to Alonmouth, and later, to Manchester; where he 
remained till death on the place where his son, Willis, now lives ; 

Phebe, married Cyrus Estes and located at East Winthrop ; 

Of these, the only remaining line of descendants now in 
Leeds are those of Caleb, who was twice married. His first wife, 
Joanna Gilbert, bore one son, Adna, who died at the age of 54 
years, unmarried. 

By his second wife. Desire Turner, he had seven children, 
Salmon A., Joanna, Diana, Ormand T., Hiram C, Stephen D. and 
William. Of these, Salmon A., born in 1813, after reaching his 
majority, went to Hallowell, then called "Forks of the Road," 
where he learned the oil cloth business in the employ of Pope & 
Sampson, w^ho sent him to Prattsville, N. Y., to superintend the 
building of a factory and establish the manufacture of oil cloths, 
or rubber cloths, so called at that time, which were made in one 
piece to fit a room, and all of hand labor. 

The journey from ]\Iaine to New York required one w-eek 
at that time. 

While there, he married Ardelia Coffin, of Livermore, Me., and 
through the ill effects of a confined life in the factory, and wath 
a strong and natural love for his native place and farm life, he 
returned to "Quaker Ridge," Leeds, and purchased the 
farm where he remained till the time of his death. Through 
this marriage five children were born: Duane Snyder, Vesta 
Coffin, Elsie Howard, Junius Carlos and Stephen Arland. Of 
them we will say that when the War of the Rebellion broke otit, 
Duane was ready to volunteer and enlisting in the navy on board 
the Monadnock, he sailed for Cuba. Was in the battle of Fort 
Fisher and many other engagements. After three years' service 
he was discharged and returned home, where he married Clara 
Howard, by whom two children were born, Elsie H. and Alfred 
S. : lived for a few years, but having a natural liking for rail- 
road work, he chose this for his life vocation and is, at this 
writing, making his daily run from Portland to Boston and 
return as Pullman conductor. He has a pleasant home in Port- 
land : 

^'esta Coffin, has been twice married. Bv her first husband. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS I7I 

Augustus Jones, three children were born : John B., Louis A. 
and Ralph D. Is now living on Quaker Ridge on the farm 
before mentioned — the wife of A. S. Tuck ; 

Elsie Howard, married Cyrus H. Farley, of Portland, Me. 
To them five children have been born : Philip H., Elizabeth- 
Charles H., Henry G. and Florence ; 

Junius C, still living on the homestead, has been twee married, 
having one son, Harold, by his first wife, Alary E. Hammond. 
By the second marriage, with Dora L. Howard, three children 
have been born : Beulah A., Arland J. and Stella A. ; 

Stephen A., after a few years of farm life in Leeds, married 
Carrie Boothby, of Leeds, and moved to Nashua, N. H. and 
engaged in a cotton mill ; from which place, after a few years of 
success and advancement, he was called to the position o'f over- 
seer in Putnam, Conn. 

Of the remaining children of Caleb Wing, Joanna married 
John Loring and located in Leeds, near where Fred Additoii 
now^ lives, but moved to Lewiston, and later to Billerica, Mass. ; 

Diana, who was well known in earlier life as a successful 
teacher in town, married Aranda Gilbert, settled at South Leeds- 
where E. E. Additon now lives. Through this union four 
children were born : Rollin, Abbie, Lois and Rosa. Mr. and Mrs. 
Gilbert being of an ambitious and enterprising nature, made 
several successful changes in location, being at Lewiston for 
some time, successful in business and securing the advantage of 
an opportunity for the children to acquire an education, which 
was not to be obtained in the country. Those who knew her best 
could but feel that her efforts and ambition were rewarded by the 
peace and comforts with which her declining years were sur- 
rounded in the home of her daughter. Mrs. Rosa V. Hanscom, 
of Leeds ; 

Ormand T. married Octavia Brewster. To them were born 
four children ; Orville D.. Clara A.. Ellen M. and Fred B. They 
located first at Xorth Greene, then moved to the Ridge and 
engaged in trade, which he followed in different locations till 
the time of his death, which occurred in Turner, Me., wdiere he 
left two sons, as successors to his business. Hiram C. died in 
youth. 

Stephen D., a carpenter by trade, built the houses now owned 
by E. V. Daly and A. J. Foss. besides assisting on several others ; 
died at the age of 24 years ; unmarried. 

William married Frances A. Bates. To them were born two 
children — Roswell S.and Alena M.. located at South Leeds, where- 
they remained the greater part of their married life, with the 
exception of a few years in trade in Lewiston. returning to the 
farm for the declining years of life, and served the public as 
postmaster at that place. 



172 HISTORY OF LEEDS 



ADDITON FAMILY. 



From Plymouth. Duxbury, and other towns of the Old Col- 
ony of Massachusetts the descendants of the early Pilgrims have 
gone in various directions, carrying with them that unflinching 
adherence to duty, that regard for law and order, and that faith- 
ful attention to imposed trusts which were so strong elements in 
the Pilgrim character, and w'here they settled they and their 
descendents have been most useful citizens and formative influ- 
ences in producing the best civilization. Among the early fam- 
ilies of Duxbury, Mass., was that of Arddaton (now Additon), 
which probably came from England prior to 1640. All through 
the residence in Duxbury the original spelling of the name con- 
tinued, as Thomas of the Revolution (father of the Thomas born 
March 2, 1763, who became an early settler of Leeds) used this 
orthography. 

Thomas Additon, the pioneer of the Leeds family, with his 
Avife, Fjethiah, born ]\Iarch 17, 1764, made their home on Quaker 
Ridge between 1785 and 1790. and on this place, long since for- 
saken, they reared 9 children, namely: Ruby (named from a 
Duxbury aunt), born in 1786; John, 1788; Otis, 1790; Joseph, 
1792; Thomas, 1794; Phebe, 1796; David, 1799; Chloe, 1802; 
Hulda, 1804. 

Thomas Additon, Jr.. born June 7, 1794. married Anna 
daughter of Isaiah Beals. Their children were Isaiah B. ; Lovisa 
(Mrs. Dr. S. A. Allen) ; Amanda (Mrs. Seth Howard) ; Thomas 
J.; Loren J.; Everett; Eliza A. (Mrs. J. F. Jennings). Mr. 
Additon was a farmer, a quiet, unostentatious man of strict 
probity, valued for his good qualities. He died Feb. 4, 1869, 
and his wife April 30, 1871, on the place now owned by Elwin 
E. Additon. Isaiah Beals Additon, son of Thomas and Anna 
(Beals) Additon, was born Nov. 10, 1823. He w^as educated in 
town, taught 26 terms of district school, and won a deserved 
reputation. He was a farmer on the place settled by his Grand- 
father Beals, purchased by his father in 1827 ; consisting of 125 
acres of land, and made a specialty of cheese-making. He mar- 
ried May 5, 1852, Eliza A., daughter of Perez S. and Joanna 
(Lane) Jennings. Children: Flora L. (died Feb. 15, 1862, aged 
9 years; Juliette J. (died Feb. 15, 1862, aged 7 years); 
Orville I.; Lorette (died IMarch 10, 1862, aged 7 months); 
and Fred L. Isaiah B. Additon was always a Democrat, of the 
minority party in politics ; and yet he was elected one of the 
selectmen 18 vears, and in 1859, i860, 1861, 1870, 1871, 1872, 
1873. 1874. 1875, 1876. 1877. 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881,1882 and 1883 
was chairman of the board. He had an extended acquaintance in 
the county and has been the nominee of his party for representa- 
tive, in one campaign coming close to an election in a strong 




FRED L. ADDITON. 





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HISTORY OF LEEDS 1/3 

Republican district. He was several times candidate for county 
commissioner, receiving flattering votes. He was United States 
census agent for Leeds and Greene in i860; has often been 
selected for important trusts, and has performed delicate offices 
with acknow-ledged ability. He was firm and decided in his 
opinions, cautious and conservative m thought, tenacious in his 
convictions, and frank, sincere and honest in declaring them. 
He was always a Universalist and a liberal supporter of the cause. 
Genial, hospitable and kind-hearted, he had many friends, among 
his warmest ones those of opposing politics. He was a very 
useful citizen. A firm and conscientious official, and opposed 
anything like extravagance in the administration of town affairs, 
and by a long and faithful service acquired the esteem and con- 
fidence of his townsmen. He died Jvily 31. 1894. His three 
daughters died when quite young. His oldest son, Orville I., 
born Aug. 31. 1855; graduated at Westbrook Seminary, in 1880. 
He married Lucy A. Benner. Children: Forest O., Henrietta S. 
and Flora L. He went to Illinois and was for some time princi- 
pal of the High School at Cardova ; also taught in other places. 
At the present time he is doing an extensive and profitable busi- 
ness manufacturing house furnishings in the state of Georgia. 
His youngest son, Fred L., born Jan. 28, 1864; married Lenora 
L, daughter of Francis E. and Eleanor (Pettengill) Howe, and 
has seven children, as follows: Orville J., Ernest F., Leslie F., 
Ivan B., Clayton E., Edna, Florus J. He is a Democrat and a 
Universalist. and lives on the farm left him by his father, but 
has added largely to the number of acres, until he now has one 
of the largest and best farms in town ; has at present tinie 
twenty cows in milk and sends cream to the factory. Mr. Addi- 
ton is a progressive farmer and adds each year to his herd of cows. 
Like his father he is interested in public affairs, especially the 
welfare of his town. In 1898, he w^as elected on the Board of 
Selectmen. In 1899, was re-elected to the same position, and in 
1900, was elected chairman of the board, w'hich office he now 
holds. He has won the confidence and esteem of his fellow- 
townsmen by the interest he has taken in town affairs, and the 
impartial manner in which he has discharged the duties of his 
office. He is a Patron of Husbandry and was lecturer of Leeds 
Grange two years, filling the office to the satisfaction of his 
brothers and sisters, bttt declined to serve longer on account of 
other duties. 

Thomas Jefferson Additon, brother of Isaiah B., was born 
August 20, 1832. He w^as always a farmer and occupied the 
homestead of his father. He married Razzilla Smart, born in 
Parkman. March 13, 1832. Their children are Luetta M. ("Mrs. 
Dr. W. H. Thomas, of Lewiston), Chester T- (deceased). Elwin 
E., Annie S. (Mrs. T. M. Shaw of Readfield). 



I 74 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Tliomas J. Additon was a kind-hearted man, strictly honest in 
all his dealings, attending to his own bnsiness and doing every- 
thing in a thorough manner, as his farm and stock would show 
at any time. He was always interested in the welfare of his town 
and his fellow-citizens, and at his death, wdiich occurred March 
20, 1897, left many warm friends. 

Elwin E. Additon, b. in Leeds, Aug. 24. 1864; a great-great- 
grandson of Thomas, of Duxbury, Mass., and great-grandson of 
Thomas, the pioneer of Leeds ; resides on the farm where his 
grandfather lived and died. At the early age of 17, he was a 
teacher in his native town, and at 22, w^as a member of the school 
board. The following year he was elected Supervisor of Schools 
which office he held two years ; and later, officiated three years m 
the capacity of Superintendent. Under his supervision the dis- 
trict system was abolished, adding new and arduous labors Vv^hich 
were satisfactorily accomplished. The deep and lasting interest 
he feels and manifests in the cause of education is worthy of per- 
petuation. Since 1893, ^^'ith the exception of one year, he has 
officiated as moderator in the annual meetings of the town ; is 
now serving his fourth term in the office of constable and collector 
of taxes ; said to be an efficient man in that capacity, collecting 
more and having less remaining on his books at the close of eacli 
year than any of his recent predecessors. As a member of the 
Order of Patrons of Husbandry, he has given time and attention 
to the duties of the various offices to which he has been elected 
therein, scarcely missing a meeting during the three years he 
held the office of Overseer, and the three years he officiated as 
Master of the Leeds Grange. He also holds prominent member- 
ship in Pomona Grange ; ably discharging the duties of the office 
of Lecturer, and is the present overseer of that organization. 

In politics, he is a member of the Republican party. 

To the homestead of his father and grandfather on which he 
lives, he has added other land, enabling him to keep a large dairy; 
making those famous Additon Cheese for which the family has 
so long been noted. 

For several generations, the Additons have been successful 
tillers of the soil and good representatives of New England's 
intelligent farmers. 

Feb. 9. 1886. Mr. Additon married Mary A., a daughter of 
Charles L. and Hannah (^laxwell) Thomas, of Greene. They 
have issue Louise M.. Marion L.. Orland H. and Vina A. 




E. E. ADDITON. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 1/5 



HOWARD FAMILY. 

The name Howard first appeared in Leeds in the year of its 
incorporation, i8ol It was personified by Capt. Seth Howard'^ 
a hneal descendant of John Howard, who came from England in 
boyhood, Hved in the family of Plymouth Colony's military man 
Capt. Miles Standish, and in 165 1, became one of the proprietors 
and original settlers of \\'est Bridgewater, Mass. Under the 
tuition of Capt. Standish. his military education and native ability 
carried him to the front as the first oflicer in the new plantation. 
He received the oath of fidelity in 1657. He married Martha, a 
daughter of Thomas Hayward. They had issue John, James, 
Jonathan^, Elizabeth, Sarah, Pelatiah and Ephraim. His third 
child, Jonathan-, who became a major ; married Sarah Dean, and \^- 
to them were born, Jonathan, in 1692; Joshua, in 1696; Sus^ma, 
in 1698; Ebenezer, in 1700; Seth'^,'''in 1702; Abigail, in 1704; 
Sarah, in 1707; Henry, in 1710 and Kezia, in 1712. / 

Seth^ married Mary, a daughter of Thomas Ames, in 1735. 
They had issue Mary, in 1738; Jesse*, in 1740; Susanna, in 1742; 
Betty, in 1749, and Ebenezer, in 1752. 

Capt. Jesse* married Melatiah. a daughter of Samuel Dunbar, 
in 1761. Their children were Seth', b. in 1762; Perez^ 1765; 
Calvin, 1768; Barnabas, 1770; Jesse, 1776 and Lloyd, 1778. 

Capt. Seth Howard'^ was born in Bridgewater, Mass., Nov. 
21, 1762. Desire, a daughter of Jonathan Bailey, was born Jan. 
23, 1762. Capt. Seth Howard' and Desire Bailey were married 
Nov. 21, 1782. The fruits of this marriage, born in West 
Bridgewater, were Stillman®, May 20, 1785; Everett, Nov. 22, 
1787; Ward, Dec. 18, 1789; Seth, Aug. 9, 1792; Roland Bailey, 
July 29, 1795; Aurelia, June 28," 1797 and Lucret^ Feb. 2, 1800. 
Subsequent to their removal to Leeds, District of Maine, in iSoi, 
the list was increased by the l)irth of Valentine Rathburn, April 
II, 1803, and Benjamin Franklin. June 4, 1806. 

He was a man of executive abilit\ and discharged the duties 
of presiding officer of the many assemblies to which he was 
chosen with a degree of dignity becoming one in that capacity. 
Tn 1806, he represented his district at the General Court, in Bos- 
ton. When his family came to Leeds in 1801, his eldest son, 
Stillman, a lad of sixteen, drove the pair of horses attached to the 
carriage that bore seven members of the family to their new home 
where A. J. Foss now resides ; while the other member, Roland 
Bailey, then a little fellow of six summers, rode on the back of 
another horse much of the distance. 

Stillman®, who, in 1814. was Captain of a military company, 
married Lydia.a daughter of Daniel Lothrop,an officer of Revolu- 
tionary fame. Sept. -27. 1807. She was born May 5, 1789. He 
was a man of ability which was well appreciated, not only by his 



I 76 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

fellow-townsmen, who elected him repeatedly to the offices within 
their gift, while the people of Kennebec County called him to the 
office of commissioner, and subsequently to a position on the 
Governor's Council. He represented his district when Maine 
became a State. For a long term of years he held commissions 
by the Governors, of Justice of the Peace and Quorum. After 
his marriage, he settled on the place now occupied by John F. 
Jennings, where he continued his residence until March, 1834, 
when he purchased the Captain Dwinal place, at Leeds Center, 
to which he removed his family. During the time there, he held 
the office of postmaster two years. He subsequently removed to 
the western part of the town, to the place now occupied by Mr. 
House, where he died in 1861. He was buried in the cemetery 
at Leeds Center. His widow died April 6, 1872. To him and 
his wife had been born Stillman hJ, March 3, 1810; Rozilia A., 
Jan. 30, 1812; Mary L., May 14, 1816; Lydia A., March 25, 
1818: Lucretia P.. Sept. 19, 1820; and Seth, June 6, 1828. 

Everett, the second child of Capt. Seth, died in Georgia. 

Ward, the next in the list, settled in New York. Four years 
he was collector of customs in that city. He was also State 
Marshal. He died in Omaha, Neb., in 1855. 

Seth, the fourth son of Capt. Seth, died in Mississippi in 

Valentine R., another son, was a physician, and died in Ala- 
bama in 1828. 

Roland B., fifth in the order, after living several years in 
New York, returned to Leeds and died on the old homestead 
April 30, 1840. Receives further mention with his sons. Gen. 
O. O., Rev. R. B. and Gen. C. H. Howard. 

Benjamin Franklin, the youngest son, married Philena 
Gould, by whom he had two sons and two daughters, 

viz. : Theresa, b. ; Marcellus, b. ; Coridon, 

b. ; and Cordelia, b. . The only remain- 
ing member of the family is Coridon, who resides in Bridge- 
water, Mass. 

Benjamin F., died Dec. 30, 1882, on the old Capt. Seth How- 
ard farm, then the home of his daughter, Mrs. A. J. Foss, who 
has since died. 

Aurelia, the eldest daughter of Capt. Seth, married Thomas 
W. Bridgham, ]\LD., the second physician who was located in 
Leeds. After his decease, she married Samuel Leadbetter, a son 
of Increase, an early settler. After the decease of ^Ir. Leadbet- 
ter, she made her home with a son, Thomas W. Bridgham, whose 
residence was in China, Me., wdiere she died. Her remains were 
brought to Leeds and buried beside those of her first husband. 

Lucretia, the second and last daughter, married Jabez Lead- 
better and settled in Wayne village, on the place now owned by 




STILLMAN L. HOWARD, ESQ. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 177 

Mr. A. S. Wright. They had issue lour sons and five daughters, 
of whom further mention will be made in an article devoted to 
the family of Mr. Leadbetter. The death of Lucretia occurred at 
the home of her son, Rodelphus, m the town of Winthrop, Dec. 
28, 1884. Of the family of Hon. Stillman Howard, eldest son 
of Capt. Seth, whose names and births already have been given, 
first occurs that of Stillman Lothrop Howard'. April 14, 
1833, he married Julia Ann, a daughter of Joseph Turner, of 
Leeds. She was born CJct. 13, 1809. They settled in West 
Leeds on the farm now owned by his brother Seth, where he 
erected a fine set of buildings, the same burned by lightning Aug. 
II, 1891. They had issue Ward Benton, b. Jan. 8, 1834; How- 
land, b. Aug. 3, 1837; Daniel H., b. Jan. 19, 1840; Lucius, b. 
March 9, 1842; Julia, b. Dec. 14, 1849 ^"^1 Henrietta, b. Dec. 7, 
1853. His eldest child, W^ard B., v^as educated in the schools 
of Leeds, in which town, in early life, he engaged in farming. 
From the effects of an injury received when a boy, he was never 
.strong, yet seldom sick. Like several of his ancestors he was 
fond of a good horse and enjoyed using them. Jan. 5, 1862, he 
married Hannah L., a daughter of Warren Howard, of whom 
mention will be made in this work. For several years Ward 
B. was collector of taxes in Leeds. His cordial greeting and 
genial, though decided manner of business well fitted him for 
that work. He accompanied his parents to Wayne in 1875, 
where he was engaged in the hotel and Hvery business. He has 
one daughter, Lizzie, b. Dec. 10, 1874. 

Howland went to Lebanon, Ivy., when a young man; mar- 
ried there Miss Lizzie Kirtz. Oct. 17, 1861. To them w-ere born 
Katie Julia, in 1862, and Minnie Stillman, in 1864. He was 
taken prisoner by Morgan's army in one of its raids through that 
country, but was soon parolled. Unfortunately for him, his busi- 
ness, that of shoe merchant, was one that suffered the ravages 
first of the Confederate, and later, the Union soldiers without 
money or price. In poor health he started on a visit to Maine, 
but died in Albany, N. Y., May ii, 1864. His remains w^ere 
carried back to Kentucky for burial, where his widow and 
daughters now reside. 

Daniel H.\ third child of Stillman L., settled in Lebanon, 
Ky.. where he married Miss Emma Alaxwell, Oct. 2t^, 1866. He 
is a man who commands the respect and confidence of the people 
with wdiomhe is associated. His life has been largely devoted 
to public service, and not without adventure. While holding 
the office of Internal Revenue Collector for twenty consecutive 
years, in a section of the State where moonshiners are engaged 
in the manufacture of whiskey, on which they try to avoid the 
government tax, he was a target for their posted guards. Horses 
were shot under him, yet he never turned back without accom- 

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178 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

plishing" his purpose. In the settlement of estates his servicer 
are extensively employed. Fire has been an effective element m 
depriving him of property, yet he has never faltered by the way- 
side, nor neglected the education and development of his children 
in business pursuits. He has three sons and two daughters, viz. : 
Rowland IMaxwell, born in 1867; Lucius Stillman, in 1871 ; 
Ward Ray, in 1872; Emma Dunton, in 1875, and Julia Etta in 
1877. Rowland Maxwell married, Feb. 19, 1895, Miss Lillian 
daughter of H. H. Hoft'man. of Cincinnati, Ohio. They have two 
children. The remaining children cf Daniel H.* are single. 

Lucius", the fourth child of Stillman L.', married Miss 
Melinda L. Brooks, of Auburn, Me., Sept. 7, 1864 ; in which city 
he settled, and engaged in the furniture business in Lewiston. 
He subsequently moved to Portland, and later, to West Med- 
ford, Mass., and for years engaged m the carpet business in Bos- 
ton. Poor health caused him to rei.ire from active life and he 
now resides in that city. He has one son. Barker Brooks®, born 
in Auburn, April 21, 1867, who is the eldest male of the Howard 
family in the ninth generation. Fresh from school where he 
was liberally educated, he entered the employ of the Boston Tow- 
Boat Co. He is a young man of good executive ability, promi- 
nent in the various societies with which he is connected, and 
although not of the party faith which prevails in his city, he has 
been in the city government much of the time since its institution. 
He commands the esteem and respect of the people within the 
circle of his acquaintance. He is a dutiful son of respected 
parents, both of whom have long been in poor health. 

Julia, the eldest daughter of Stillman L., was educated and 
fitted for the life of a teacher. From the schools of her native 
tcnvn, she was a student in Monmouth Academy, Edward Little 
Institute, and later, in the State Normal School, in Farmington. 
At the close of a successful series of terms taught in Leeds, she 
was called to the house of sickness of her brother, Lucius, where 
her care has since been constantly required. 

Henrietta^, the youngest of the" family, was graduated from 
the State Normal School, at Farmington. She taught in the 
schools in Leeds, and subsequently was a teacher in the city of 
Lewiston, where, for several years, lier time was devoted to that 
work. June 13, 1886, she married J. C. Stinchfield and became 
a companion in his home in Wayne village. ]\Iarch 20, 1890, at 
the earnest solicitation of her parents, coupled with a child's 
duty, she and her husband abandoned their home, and assumed 
their care. Mav 8, 1888, a son was born, Allen Howard Stinch- 
field. 

After the death of Stillman Liithrop Howard, Esq., which 
occurred Nov. 9, 1890, the following appeared in the "Lewiston 
Evening Journal" of Nov. 17: "Stillman Lothrop Howard, Esq., 



HISTORY OF LEEDS I 79 

whose death occurred at his home m Wayne village on Sunday, 
the ninth inst., from the effects of an injury caused by the kick 
of a horse on the previous Wednesday, was born in Leeds, March 
3, 1810. He was the eldest son of Hon. Stillnian Howard and 
Lydia Lothrop, whose birthplace was Bridgewater, Mass. He 
received an academic education at Monmouth and Kent's Hill. 
For several years a portion of his time w'as devoted to the assist- 
ance of his father in his extensive business, and the remainder 
to teaching in Maine and ^Massachusetts, in which his efficiency 
■earned for him a wide reputation. He specially prepared him- 
self in navigation with a view of instructing the sea-going youth 
on our coast. April 14, 1833, he married Julia Ann, a daughter 
of Joseph Turner and Deborah (jilbert, of Leeds. With the 
exception of a few months in Auburn, he resided in Leeds sixty- 
five consecutive years. His integrity and fidelity, with a good 
degree of business capacity carried him to the front in the respect 
and esteem of his townsmen and a vvide circle of accjuaintances. 
More than forty years was he continually active in public life, 
having filled for a series of years the offices of school committee, 
selectman, treasurer, etc. Forty-two years he held a commis- 
sion as Justice of the Peace; being the first justice appointed and 
commissioned in Androscoggin County. Thirty years he was a 
member of the board of trustees of Monmouth Academy. The 
history of Leeds was written by him for the Atlas of Androscog- 
gin County. Not unlike his long line of military ancestry, he 
held a Captain's commission in the State militia. In May, 1875, 
he purchased the hotel at Wayne village at which place he has 
since resided. In this town, as in Leeds, although advanced in 
years, he held the office of selectman and treasurer. His exten- 
sive public business in legal affairs, and especially in the courts 
of probate, enabled him to be a valuable and wise counsellor and 
instructor. To his efforts and influence may be ascribed many 
public changes and improvements. His was a busy, profitable 
and pleasant life. The many deeds of charity and kindness, the 
assistance he rendered the poor and needy bespeak his worth. 
To the faults of others he was charitable, and slow to censure. 
As a husband and father, he was ahvays cheerful, pleasant, kind, 
and indulgent. With feelings of pride, respect and love will they 
cherish his memory while they deeply mourn his loss. He was 
buried from the house on Thursday, at which place a large con- 
course of relatives and friends performed the last sad rites. He 
was interred in the cemetery at West Leeds, near his former 
home." His widow survived him, and at the advanced age of 92 
died March 7, 1901. 

Rozilia Augusta'^, the eldest daughter of Hon. Stillman, mar- 
ried Oscar D. Turner. Jan. i, 1832. To them were born two 
daughters, Lucia and Florence. Lucia, married Oliver Gilbert ; 



l8o HISTORY OF LEEDS 

settled in Leeds and had two children. Florence, married Albert 
Additon, of Greene; moved to New Hampshire; had four chil- 
dren, and since the death of her husband, has made her home 
there with them. 

Mary Louisa', married Phillips Turner, and settled in Leeds. 
To them were born Herbert, who died in childhood, and Victoria 
Helen^, who married the late, respected citizen, Steven R. Deane. 
Phillips Turner died about 1842, and his widow, Mary L., Aug. 
17, 1856. In the biography of the Deane family, further mention 
will be made of Victory. 

Lydia Arvilla', married Lloyd Gould, Nov. 13, 1839. To 
them was born a daughter, Columbia Arvilla, May 12, 1843. 
She was a maiden lady and died in Lewiston, April 5, 1876. 
Lydia A., her mother, died Nov. 9, 1848; Mr. Gould died in 1880. 

Lucretia Phillips', married Peter Lane. Feb. 16, 1840; had 
no issue and died in Brighton, Me., Dec. 23, 1844. 

Hon. Seth', the youngest chihl of Hon. Stillman Howard" and 
Lydia Lothrop, received a liberal academic education in a col- 
lege preparatory course of three years at ]\Ionmouth. On account 
of failing health he was obliged to sacrifice the fruits of his ambi- 
tion, although he has added the study and practical education of 
a life-time, a feature of no less value. Freed from confinement, 
returned to open air and farm exercise, his health, the most 
essential feature in life, was restored and has been retained by the 
same remedy. 

During the farm vacations, in winter, his love for the school- 
room caused him to engage m teaching, in which capacity several 
seasons were spent with a good degree of success. His ability 
has been recognized by his townsmen who have frequently called 
him to services on the Boards of Selectmen, vSuperintending 
School Committee and the office of treasurer. The district com- 
posed of East Livermore, Greene and Leeds was represented by 
him in the State Legislature. He is a Deacon of the Baptist 
Church in Leeds, a position he has held for more than twenty 
years. "He is one of the best types of the intelligent and weii 
read farmers of Maine, liberal of his time and means in religious 
and educational causes." Oct. 31, 1849, ^^^ married Amanda, 
a daughter of Thomas Additon, Jr. and his wife, Anna Beals. 
They had issue Elsie Amanda\ b. May 17, 1851 ; Fletcher and 
Florilla (twins), b. Oct .5, 1853; Lydia Ann., b. June 18. 1857; 
Seth Adelbert, b. June 6, 1859 ; Dora Lovisa, July 29, 1863, and 
Lucretia Lane. b. Aug. 22, 1866. 

Elsie A.'\ married Herbert W. Lincoln, April 11, 1869. They 
reside in West Leeds. To them were born two daughters and a 
son, viz. : Annie E.**, b. July 21, 1870; Howard Elliot, b. Dec. 16, 
1877, and Mabel Dora, b. Nov. T2, 1879. Annie E. married 
Alton L. Thomas, May to, 1890; has a son, Fletcher A.^", born 




HON. SETH HOWARD. 




MRS. SETH HOWARD. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS l8l 

April 17, 1896, who is the tirst great-grandchild of Hon. Seth 
Howard'. Howard E.'' married Gertrude E. Howie, Dec. i, 
1896. 

Eletcher"" was a graduate of Bates College in the Class of 
1879. In 1880, he went to Onawa, Iowa, where he studiea 
medicine with Doctor Allen and with whom he was several 
years associated in the drug husiness. July 21, 1883, he mar- 
ried Nancy P., a daughter of Hon. Peleg F. Pike, of Wayn* 
Me. He is a man of character and ability. He has held the 
position of chairman of the state committee of the political party 
of which he is a member. He is Commissioner of Pharmacy, 
to which office, in terms of three years each, he has received his 
third appointment. Not actively engaged in agriculture, he owns 
and has operated an extensive wheat ranch. His residence is 
Des Moines. Iowa. They have no issue. 

Florilla-, married James C. Pike, a brother of Mrs. Fletcher 
Howard, Nov. 18, 1877. He is extensively engaged in farm and 
stock business, in Onawa, Iowa. They have three children, viz. : 
Frank Howard^ Pike, b. Jan. 4, 1879; Cora May, b. Oct. 15. 1881, 
and Edna Amanda, b. Dec. 19, 1883. 

Lydia Ann'^, married Charles S. Pike, a brother of James C, 
Sept. 13, 1882. They have no children. Their residence is in 
Onawa. 

Seth Adelbert- went to Onawa, Iowa, in 1879 and engaged 
in the mercantile business, continuing therein since, with a good 
degree of success. Sept. 2.'], 1883, he married Stella Tyron, of 
Galesburg, 111. They have two sons, George", b. July 28, 1884 ; 
and Seth, b. Feb. 15, 1886. The name Seth has been one of 
prominence in the Howard family for more than two hundred 
years. 

Dora Lovisa'' was graduated from the Normal School in 
Framingham, Mass. She was an efficient and successful teacher 
in the schools of her native State and also in Iowa. Nov. 24, 
1891. she married Junius C. Wing and made her home in the 
town which gave her birth. She is the mother of three children, 
viz. : Beulah A.^ b. March 4, 1893 ; Arland J., b. March 3, 1897, 
and Stella A., b. hxxg. 21, 1900. 

Lucretia L.^ is a maiden lady, who, much of the time since 
her mother's death, which occurred Jan. 20, 1892, has been the 
efficient housekeeper in her father's home. 

On the evening of Aug. 11, 1891, the large and commodious 
farm buildings of Mr. Howard, in West Leeds, the same built 
by his brother Stillman were burned by lightning, together with 
much of their contents, comprising a larger part of the house 
furnishings, all the contents of the stable and barns, forty tons of 
hay, farming tools, carriages, two horses, cows, etc. Thus 
deprived of a home, he soon purchased the Rackley farm, oppo- 



1 82 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

site the residence of R. S. Loring, AI.D., near the center of the 
town, where he now resides. The house in which he hves was 
buik in the year 1804, by James Lane, who, three years later, set 
the giant elm now more than four feet in diameter in the front 
yard, where it stands a living, growing memorial of the planter. 
Among the relics of his esteemed ancestors. Air. Howard has 
his grandfather's brass clock, made by Frederic Wingate, of 
Hallowell, in 1806; which is well preserved and continues to 
enumerate the passing time with accuracy. He also has a mirror 
and arm-chair brought from Bridgewater by Capt. Seth How- 
ard" when he moved his family to Leeds. 



MILITARY CAREER 'OF O. O. HOWARD, MAJOR-GENERAL, U. S. ARMY, 

RETIRED. 

Entered West Point as cadet, 1850; graduated 1854, fourth 
in general standing; promoted 2nd lieutenant ordnance depart- 
ment ; stationed first at Watervliet arsenal, New York ; in 1855, 
for about a year, in command of Kennebec Arsenal, Maim, 
returning to Watervliet early in 1856; sent thence to Florida, 
reporting to General Harney for duty as his chief of ordnance in 
the field against the Seminole Indians ; in the fall of 1857 ordered 
to West Point, became instructor of cadets in mathematics ; 
remained there the four years preceding the War of Rebellion ; 
resigned in May, 1861, and took colonelcy by election of the 3d 
Maine Vols. ; organized regiment and moved it immediately to 
Washington shortly after arrival directed by McDowell, com- 
manding in Virginia, to select three other regiments and take 
command of brigade thus formed ; he took the 4th and 5th Maine 
and 2nd Vermont besides his own ; this brigade he commanded in 
the first battle of Bull Run ; promoted to a brigadier-general of 
volunteers, September 3d, 1861 ; during wanter of '61-2, had a 
new brigade, 8ist Pennsylvania, 6ist and 64th New York. 5th 
New Hampshire, 4th Rhode Island, and 45th New York,' in camp 
on front line in Virginia ; latter two regiments soon detached, 
leaving first four. He commanded this brigade in all operations 
in the spring [1862] having his first independent expedition to 
Rappahannock under General Sumner, receiving much credit ; 
then with AlcClellan's army, back to Alexandria, and by water 
to Peninsula, in battles, Yorktown, Williamsburg and Fair Oaks 
with same brigade ; at Fair Oaks was twice wounded in right 
arm and had two horses shot under him ; for this, receiving 
medal of honor ; while on leave for couple of months, arm then 
recently amputated, he spent his time of convalescence in rais- 
ing volunteers, filling the quota of his state, Maine ; returned to 
the field two months and twenty days after Fair Oaks; was 
assigned to 2d brigade, 2d division (Baker's brigade), some- 




MAJOR-GENERAL OLIVER OTIS HOWARD, 
Un;ted States Army (Retired). 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 1 83. 

times called California brigade ; this he commanded in second 
battle of Bull Run, where he received credit for successfully com- 
manding the rear guard in the retreat ; same brigade in the battle 
of Antietam. At Antietam, Sedgwick, his division commander 
being wounded, he succeeded to command of the division, 2d 
division 2d corps ; commanding same division in completion of 
this battle, and also in the battle of Fredericksburg, with other 
divisions charging Marye Heights ; continuing in command same 
division, sometimes temporarily in charge of the 2d corps, dur- 
ing that succeeding winter, 1862-3. Was promoted to Major- 
General of Volunteers, Nov. 29, 1862. In April, 1863, assigned 
by President to command of the nth army corps; had this corps 
in the battle of Chancellorsville ; where the corps met with a 
repulse from Stonewall Jackson's attack ; also same corps at 
Gettysburg where he received marked credit, especially for his 
work the first day, from Gen. Aleade and from Congress for 
selecting the famous field of battle, and holding it with his 
reserve troops, while keeping superior force in check all day 
from the time of Gen. Reynold's death till near night ; participat- 
ing also creditably in the remainder of the battle, till its triumph 
and close ; after Gettysburg one division taken from him and 
sent to South Carolina; the nth corps, thus diminished, and the 
1 2th corps, were detached and sent to the Army of the Cumber- 
land ; with this corps Gen. Howard engaged in the battle of 
Wauhatchie, 28th October, receiving commendation in orders of 
his army commander. Gen. Thomas ; engaged also in the battle 
of Missionary Ridge, 24th and 25th Dec, '63. Here his activity 
was so pronounced that Sherman asked to have his corps move 
with his own, the 15th, northward to the relief of Knoxville : this 
work being successfully accomplished, the nth corps went back 
into winter quarters in Lookout V'alley. The next spring, April, 
1864, Gen. Howard was assigned to the command of the fourth 
army corps. Army of the Cumberland, while his own nth was 
consolidated with the 12th, forming the new 20th corps, under 
Gen. Hooker. Howard began the spring campaign in the bat- 
tle of Tunnel Hill, and participated satisfactorily to Sherman and 
Thomas, in all the operations of that campaign in the following 
battles : Dalton, Resaca, Adairsville, Kingston and Cassville, New 
Hope Church, Pickett's Mills, Muddy Creek, Kenesaw Mountain, 
Smyrna Camp Ground, Peachtree Creek, Ezra Church, Jones- 
boro and Lovejoy Station. After the engagement of "the Battle 
of Atlanta," 22d July, in which Gen. McPherson was slain. Gen. 
Howard was assigned by the President to command the Army of 
the Tennessee. In the battle of Ezra Church, 28th July, he com- 
manded the field that day in which the 15th corps was the one 
mainly engaged, the i6th and 17th and the artillery supporting 
the 15th and furnishing re-enforcement; for this action especially. 



184 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

(icn. Howard received the ])revet of major-general in the regular 
army, conferred 13th of March, 1865. His march on Lovejoy 
Station was so rapid as to secure for the enemy a divided force ; 
the enemy, so divided, attacked Howard there and was defeated, 
and Howard's and Thomas' commands completed the victory. 
It was a division of his army under Gen. Corse that fought the 
brilliant action of AUatoona Pass. In the march to the sea Sher- 
man gave Howard his right wing, Slocum his left. Howard 
marched z'ia Gordon, leaving Macon to his right. A division of 
his, Charles R. Woods' under his supervision fought the succes- 
ful battle of Griswoldville ; Walcutt's brigade doing most of the 
lighting. He moved on successfully on that route towards 
Savannah, while Slociun passed through Milledgeville, north- 
ward. Howard successfull}- marched three columns to the vicin- 
ity of Savannah, sending his scouts down the Ogeechee River to 
successfully commimicate with the fleet ; he chose and sent ^he 
division of Hazen to attack Fort McAllister, and was with Sher- 
man observing that brilliant operation. Gen. Howard was made 
a brigadier-general in the regular army Dec. 21, 1865. After the 
taking of Savannah, about the 23d of December, 1864, Sherman 
chose Howard's command to begin Jan. i, 1865, and move by 
water from Savannah, Ga., to Beaufort Island, S. C, to cross to 
the main land and sweep northward through Garden's Corner, 
Pocotaligo. across the branches of the Salkehatchie and the 
Edisto, -c'ia Orangeburg, up the Congaree, across the Saluda and 
the Broad, and into Columbia ; while Slocum's left wing crossed 
the Savannah, and so kept abreast further northward. After 
Columbia had fallen, and Charleston, with the forts along the 
coast, Howard's wing passed across the Carolinas, joining with 
Slocum to finish very successfully the battle of Bentonville, Alarch 
19, 20 and 21, 1865; a little later, after Joseph E. Johnston's 
surrender, April 26, 1865, Howard marched his command from 
20 to 25 miles a day from Raleigh to Washington, z'ia Peters- 
burg and Richmond ; he himself being ordered, wdiile his officers 
continued the march from Richmond, to proceed from Richmond 
to Washington by water in accordance with a request which Mr. 
Lincoln had left with his secretary, Mr. Stanton. Gen. Howard 
was assigned to duty in the War Department, the T2th of May, 
1865. as Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and 
Abandoned Lands ; he had charge of this bureau for the next 
seven years, and though it was much complained of at times, he 
was abundantlv successful in its administration, particularly in its 
industrial and its educational features, having founded many per- 
manent institutions of learning-— such as Howard L'niversity, 
Hampton Institute, Atlanta University, Lincoln, Fiske, Straight 
and others. 

In T872, he was chosen by Gen. Grant, then the President, and 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 1 85 

sent to make peace with the onh' Indian tribe then at war with the 
government namely the Chiricaua Apaches ; and also to settle 
numerous difficulties with other tribes in Arizona and New Mex- 
ico ; all this Gen. Howard thoroughly accomplished without arms. 
On complaints about his administration of the Freedmen's Bureau 
there were two investigations ; one in 1870 by a committee of 
Congress, which ended in a vote of thanks to him by the House 
of Representatives ; the other was by a court of inquiry composed 
of seven general officers of the army; this ended in complete 
acqtuttal of all the charges preferred against him, and in unre- 
stricted commendation. He had hardly completed this Bureau 
w^ork when he was assigned to command the Department of the 
Columbia, August, 1874. During the next six years he, in oom- 
rnand, passed through two Indian wars — one called the Xez 
Perce war, 1877: the other the Piute and Bannock, 1878. He 
brought these wars, after many battles and long, fatiguing cam- 
paigns, to a successful termination. In the spring of 1879, 
another Indian tribe called the "Sheepeaters" becoming rebellious 
in points near the Salmon River, he sent out and captured them 
en masse, brought them in as prisoners, put them at work at Van- 
couver and their children at school. From the Department of the 
Columbia, in the winter of 1880-81 he was assigned to the com- 
mand of the West Point Military Academy, wdiich he held for 
two years. July 13. 1882. he was assigned to command the 
Department of the Platte, to which he gave successful adminis- 
tration until his promotion to ,1 major-general in the regular 
army, 19th of March, '86. He then passed to the military divis- 
ion of the Pacific, which included the Department of the Colum- 
bia, of California and Arizona. This division he administered to 
the satisfaction of the War Department and the President till 
November, 1888, when he was transferred to command the mili- 
tary division of the Atlantic. This division he held till the divis- 
ions were broken up ; after that he commanded the Department of 
the East, which was substantially the same as the division of the 
Atlantic, until his retirement by law, Nov. 8, 1894. Removed to 
Burlington, Vt.. where he has since resided. From 1897 to 1901 
he was managing director of Lincoln Memorial University, an 
industrial school for whites at Cumberland Gap, Tenn. 

For his work at Gettysburg he received the thanks of Con- 
gress dated Jan. 28, 1864; received the decoration of the Legion 
of Honor from the President of the French Republic, when on 
temporary duty he was attending the French manouvers during 
an absence from his Department of the Platte, in 1884; elected 
honorary member of the Society of Army and Navy of Spain 
December, 1883 : received the degree of A.M. from Bowdoin 
College, ^le.. and LL.D. from Bowdoin, \\''aterville College. Me., 
1865, Shurtlifife College, Indiana, 1865, and Gettysburg Thelogi- 



1 86 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

cal Seminary, Pa., 1866. Howard is the author of the following 
books ; Donald's School Days, Nez Perce Joseph, or the Nez 
Perces in Peace and in War ; published by Lee and Shepard, Bos- 
ton ; Agenor de Garparin, a Biographical Sketch, partly a trans- 
lation, by Putnam Sons, New York; "Gen. Taylor," in the Great 
Commander series, D. Appleton & Co., N. Y. ; "Fighting for 
Humanity," Neely Co., N. Y. ; in preparation, Personal Experi- 
ences Among the American Indians ; Worthington & Co., Hart- 
ford, 1901 ; Isabella of Castile, a Biography, Funk & Wagnalls, N. 
Y. ; a series of monographs published extensively in the "National 
Tribune," Washington, D. C. ; military articles in the United 
States Military Service Journal, Governor's Island ; and numer- 
ous articles, a part of them of a military character, but the most 
on subjects of current interest, published in syndicates, monthlies 
and dailies, appearing at all times from 1865 to the present day. 
Gen. Howard has prepared lectures upon the lives of Grant, Sher- 
man, Thomas and Slocum, also upon war subjects and others of 
public interest, and delivered them wdth acceptance before large 
audiences ; in fact his lectures seem to be in greater demand than 
his writings, though the latter find ready publishers. 

During the Spanish-American War, he served on the Y. M. 
C. A. Christian Commission, speaking in all the camps and visit- 
ing Santiago, Cuba. 

(Addenda to Gen. O. O. Howard.) 

A leaf in the history of General Howard is here turned back- 
ward to a more domestic part of life. 

General Oliver Otis Howard was born in Leeds, Kennebec 
(now Androscoggin) County, Me., Nov. 8, 1830, on a portion 
of that vast section of land taken up by his great-grandfather, 
Roger Stinchfield, one of the two pioneer brothers — settled liy his 
grandfather, Capt. Seth Howard, and now owned by A. J. Foss. 
He was the eldest of three brothers, viz. : Oliver Otis. Roland 
Bailey, Jr. and Charles H.- His parents were Roland Bailey 
Howard, born in Bridgewater, Mass., July 29, 1795 and his wife, 
Eliza Otis, born in Leeds, Dec. 10, 1804. His paternal grand- 
parents were Capt. Seth Howard, born in Bridgewater. Mass., 
Nov. 21, 1762 and his wife. Desire Bailey, born Ibid. Jan. 23. 
1762. His maternal grandparents were -Oliver Otis, born in 
Scituate, Mass., Nov. 8, 1768 and his wife, Betsey Stinchfield, 
1)()rn in New Gloucester, April 14, 1774. 

His early boyhood days were spent on thcNfarm. and his edu- 
cation Avas actively begun in the district school from which he 
attended Monmouth Academy, where he took a college prepara- 
tory course. At the age of sixteen, he was enrolled at Bowdoin 
College. At the age of nineteen he graduated. Unsolicited, he 
received an ajipointment from Maine, as a cadet in the Military 




Born 1834. 



REV. ROWLAND BAILEY HOWARD, 
Secretary American Peace Society. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS I 87 

Academy at West Point, which he entered Sept. i, 1850, and 
from which he graduated. Xo. 4 in rank, in June, 1854. 

Feb. 14, 1855, l^e married Ehzabeth Ann \Vaite, born in Ban- 
gor, Me., in 1832. On the fohowing day he was commissioned 
2d Lieutenant of Ordnance and assigned to the Kennebec 
Arsenal, Ale., to which place he removed his helpmeet. To them 
seven children were born, namely : 

1. Guy, b. in Kennebec Arsenal, Augusta, Me., Dec. 16, 

1855; 

2. Grace E., b. in Leeds, Me., June 22, 1857 ; 

3. James Waite, b. in West Point, N. Y., Dec. i, i860; 

4. Chauncey Otis, b. in Augusta, Me., May 3, 1863; (second 
day's battle at Chancellorsville.) 

5. John, b. in Washington, D. C., June 15, 1867; 

6. Harry Stinson, b. in Washington, D. C., July 25, 1869 ; 

7. Bessie, b. in Washington, D. C., Sept. 19, 187 1. 

Of his children. Col. Guy Howard met his death while gal- 
lantlv serving his country on the firing line in the Philippines in 
1900. He was one of the ablest officers in the regular army 
and was greatly honored by all who knew him. His \\ idow and 
two children survive him. 

Grace Howard, eldest daughter of the General, married Capt. 
Gray, of Portland, Oregon, and has five children. 

James W. Howard, second son of the General, is a civil 
engineer in New York. He is married and has one daughter. 

Chauncey O. Howard, third son, is in the government service 
in \\'ashington, D. C, is married, and has four boys. 

John Howard, fourth son, is a major in the United States 
Army and is in service in the Philippines. He is married, but 
has no children. 

Harry S. Howard, fifth son. and Bessie Howard, the Gen- 
eral's voungest daughter, live with their parents in Burling- 
ton, Vt. 

LIFE OF ROLAND BAILEY HOWARD. 

Roland Bailey Howard was born in Leeds, Me., in 1834: died 
in Rome, Italy, in 1891. He prepared for college at Yarmouth 
Academy and was graduated from Bowdoin in the Class of 1856. 
After this he studied law in Troy, N. Y., then gave up the law 
for the ministry, for which he prepared in the Bangor, Me.. Sem- 
inary. He married in i860 Ella Patten, daughter of Capt. David 
Patten of Bath, ]\Ie.. a large ship owner in his time. His first 
parish was the Old South Congregational Church, Farm- 
ington, Ale., where he remained ten years, and where his first 
three children were born, after which he was pastor of the Con- 
gregational Church in Princeton, PL. and later of the Grove 



lob HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Street Congregational Church, East Orange, N. J. His last pas- 
torate was in Rockport, Mass. 

During and later his East Orange pastorate he was Eastern 
Editor of the "Chicago Advance" of which his brother Charles 
was Editor-in-Chief. 

While in Rockport he became deeply interested in the cause 
of international arljitration and finally gave up all other work to 
.become Secretary of the American Peace Society of Boston, the 
oldest society of this type in America, which position he held 
during the remaining years of his life. He found the Society 
in a disorganized condition, and through untiring effort 
placed it upon a solid basis for practical work in the advocacy of 
its great cause. He enlisted the sympathies of the leading public 
men in America and Europe in international arbitration, gaining 
their personal allegiance in a permanent manner. He attended 
three World Conferences in this interest in Europe and advocated 
an International Court to decide the dift'erences existing between 
nations. For these services he was greatly honored by the 
friends of peace, especially in England and the United States, 
and he met his death through over-taxing his strength while at 
the International Peace Congress in Rome, his last address being 
an eloquent appeal for the establishments of international justice 
through a High Court of Appeal in place of the historic methods 
of w^ar. 

All through his ministerial experience he was greatly beloved 
from the fact of his large-hearted personality and broad sympa- 
thies with all people. He often said that he would rather minis- 
ter humbly to the needs of his parishioners than to be a great 
preacher. He combined, however, the personal charm with his 
public service and was a man of great eloquence when occasion 
demanded it. 

He was present with his brother, General O. O. Howard, 
through the battle of Gettysburg and gained an impression at 
that time which resulted later in his strong stand against war. 

He was a clear and forceful writer, contributing often to 
•magazines and various publications, a great lover of books with 
a large library, and a deep student of all questions touching 
mankind. 

His first wife died in Princeton, 111., in 1872. He was mar- 
ried to Miss Helen G. Graves of Farmington, Me., in 1874. 

He had three children by his first marriage, the eldest, David 
Patten Howard, born in 1861. a lawyer in Cripple Creek, Colo- 
rado, served nearly two years as Captain in the ist Colorado 
Regiment in the Philippines during the Spanish War. His 
second son, Oliver Otis Howard, Jr., born in 1865. is a business 
man in San Francisco, Cal. The third. Francis Gilman Howard, 
1-)orn in 1869, is an artist in New York. 




BREVET BRIG.-GENERAL CH 



ARLES H. HOWARD. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 1 89 

All three of above sons are married. 

He had two children by his second wife, Rowland S. and Ella 
who live with their mother in Farmington, Me. 
Air. David Howard has one daughter, Dorothy. 



LIFE OF GEN. CHARLES H. HOWARD. 

Charles H. Howard was born in Leeds, Ale., in xA.ugust, 1838; 
was fitted for college at Yarmouth Academy and Kent's Hill, 
Ale., also at Topsham Academy. Graduated from Bowdoin in 
1859, spent a year with his brother, then Lieut. O. O. Howard, 
at \\'est Point, studying the various phases of army service. 
Then went to Bangor, Ale., where he taught in the High School. 
Entered Bangor Seminary for preparation for the ministry but 
left in 1861 to assist his brother, then Col. O. O. Howard, to 
organize the 3d Alaine Regiment of A'^olunteers. Enlisted him- 
self in the regiment and was detailed as secretary to his brother, 
and then as aide-de-camp, in which capacity he served in the 
Battle of Bull Run. He filled the posts of Adjutant-General 
and Corps Inspector-General at subsequent times. His first com- 
mission was as a Lieutenant, and while serving on the brigade 
staff at the Battle of Fair Oaks, he was wounded in the thigh 
and carried from the field at the same time that his brother, then 
General O. O. Howard, was being removed from the fight after 
having his right arm shot away by the enemy's fire. 

Charles H. Howard was in active service in the battles of 
AntietauL Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. He 
was again wounded by a bursting shell at Fredericksburg. In 
1863 he was promoted to Ala j or and was commissioned by Abra- 
ham Lincoln as aide-de-camp on the staff of the nth Corps. 
After this he was in the battle of Lookout Valley and Alissionary 
Ridge, receiving his orders direct from Gen. Grant and reporting 
direct to him. 

During the Atlanta campaign he was Inspector-General of 
the 4th Army Corps of the Army of the Cumberland. 

When Gen. O. O. Howard became commander of the Army 
of the Tennessee, Charles IT. Howard became his senior aide, 
went with his army through to Savannah, and was the first 
officer to see Abraham Lincoln and report after the march of 
Sherman's army to the sea. 

He was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel for gallantry 
at Gettysburg, and was breveted Colonel for gallantry in the 
battle of Ezra Church. He was Inspector-General on the staff 
of Gen. Saxton and established freedmen's schools in South 
Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Became Assistant Commissioner 
of the Freedmen's Bureau until t868. Then was appointed 



190 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

western secretary of American Missionary Association, with head- 
quarters in Chicago. Bought the land for Toogaloo University 
in Mississippi ; erected the first buildings of Straight University, 
New Orleans. 

In 1873, he became editor and proprietor of the Chicago 
Advance, a Congregational newspaper, and continued in this 
position till 1882. 

President Garfield appointed him Inspector of Indian Agen- 
cies in 1882, and in 1884 he edited the National Tribune for one 
vear, since which he has purchased the "Farm, Field and Stock- 
man," changing its name recently to the "Farm, Field and Fire- 
side," a monthly publication issued in Chicago, of which he is 
now editor. 

Gen. Charles H. Howard has five sons and two daughters, 
none of whom are at present married. 

Otis McGaw Howard, born 1868; is a lawyer and is president 
of the How^ard Publishing Co., Chicago. 

Burt Foster Howard, born 1871 ; is a physician in Bangor, Me. 

Nina Foster Howard, born 1873 ; is assistant editor of "Farm, 
Field and Fireside." 

Arthur Day Howard, born 1874; is instructor in Northwest- 
ern University. 

Lawrence Riggs Howard, born 1875: is a clergyman in Prov- 
idence, R. I. 

Donald Charles Howard, born 1879; is steward of the Dakota 
Mission for the Indians. 

Katherine Howard, born 1889; lives with her parents in Glen- 
coc. 111., near Chicago. 

BARNABUS HOWARD FAMILY. 

Barnabus Howard'^, a brother of Capt. Seth Howard, was 
born in Bridgewater, Mass.. Aug. 22, 1770. He married Mary 
Hayward (later spelled Howard), wdio was born Jan. 14, 1778. 
They settled in that tow^n and subsequently in Scituate. In 
these towns nine of their family of twelve children w^ere born. 
In 1815, he removed with his family to Leeds, where he pur- 
chased of Marshfield Paul the place now^ ow'ned and occupied by 
W. Henry Francis. This place, as well as that settled by his 
brother. Capt. Seth, which is that now owmed by A. J- Fos's, 
were parts of the original claims of Thomas and Rogers Stinch- 
field, which extended from the Lake to the Androscoggin River, 
and south to the south line of the farm of Oliver Otis, of wdiich 
his land was a part. The house to which Barnabus move'd liis 
family was a frame house of the pattern of most of the colonial 
dwellings, and stood on a spot westerly and near his family cem- 
etery. The season of 18 16 was that known in historv, wdth its 



HISTORY OF LEEDS I9I 

sorrowful experiences of hunger and sufferings of the people, as 
the "Cold season." Raising few, if any crops, a large family, 
WMth a long winter before them, Barnabus, like all wise men, hied 
himself back to old Massachusetts where there was bread in 
plenty. But the following spring, with renewed courage, found 
them all back to Leeds again where they afterward remained and 
became important factors in the building of educational and 
religious structures, and their genial, pleasant manners and 
kindly greetings, won for them the esteem and friendship of their 
neighbors and many acquaintances. Barnabus Howard died Dec. 
14, 1859, ^"d his widow March 12, 1862. Their children were: 

Luther Loomis, born April 29. 1796; Daniel, b. May 7, 1798; 
Jason, b. July 6, 1800; Anna, b. Dec. 28, 1802; Warren, b. Aug. 
I, 1805; Barnabus, Jr., b. March 7, 1808; Melvin, b. Apnl 19, 
1810; Mary Dunbar, b. April 25, 1812; Harriett Newall, b. 
March 19, 1815 ; Sewall, b. in Leeds, Aug. 2, 1817; Cornelia, 
Bradford, b. March 30, 1820; Laura Jane, b. April 14, 1822. 

Luther Loomis married, March 30, 1823, Rhoda B. Mitchell, 
the fruit of which union was a son, Luther Loomis, second, born 
October 18, 1825. March 28, 1826, the husband and father died. 
(Mention of the widow and son will be made farther on.) 

Daniel married, on June i, 1840, Mary F. Crosby; settled in 
Belfast, Me., where he extensively engaged in the manufacture 
and sale of furniture. Having early learned the trade of cabinet 
maker, and possessed of native and acquired business ability, he 
became very successful and sustained a thriving business in the 
town where he so long lived, and later died. 

Jason, the third child of Barnabus'^, married Caroline A. How- 
ard, and settled in West Bridgewater, Mass. Of his family little 
has been learned, but his early death, which occurred Aug. 10. 
1827, is reasonable proof thai if he was a father, but few children 
were legitimately entitled to the right of calling him by that 
name. 

Anna, the fourth child, who died July 8, 1824, at the age of 
21 years, was unmarried. 

Warren, the fourth son and fifth child of Barnabus\ was born 
in Scituate, Mass. He married, Feb. 28, 1828, Rhoda B. 
(Mitchell) Howard, the widow of his eldest brother, Luther 
Loomis, whose only child, Luther Loomis second, was tenderly 
cared for by him, never lacking for a father's love or parental 
guidance. Mrs. Howard was a faithful helpmeet and a kind and 
indulgent wife and mother. It was the lot of this couple to care 
for and administer to the wants of his parents in the years of 
their decline, and to tenderlv lay them away in the family bury- 
ing place on the farm where their children were reared and from 
whence they had gone forth to participate in the various walks of 
life. Deacon Warren Howard was a man of sterling worth ; 



192 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

his kindly nature and earnest piety won for him the respect and 
esteem of his townsmen. His large family of children were 
"reared in the fear and admonition of the Lord." He died Alarch 
12, 1876. 

Their children were: Melvin Clark, born Aug. 28, 1828; 
Lucy Mitchell, b. Oct. 24, 1830; Marilla Mark, b. Nov. 19, 1832; 
Almina Augusta, b. Sept. 27, 1834; Mary Jane, b. June 6, 1838; 
Dexter Waterman, b. July 23, 1840; Hannah Lane, b. Jan. 23, 
1843; Clara Cornelia, b. Aug. 17, 1845. 

Barnabus, Jr., the sixth child of Barnabus^, married Eunice 
Gould April 9, 1834, and settled near Dead River, on the farm 
taken up and cleared by Joseph Knapp, Sen., the buildings on 
which stood about 60 rods northerly of those on the present 
town-farm. After selling this farm to the town of Leeds, he 
resided, for a term of years, on Quaker Ridge, and subsequently 
removed to Brockton, Alass., where both he and his wife died. 

Their children, who grew to manhood, were Oren G., b. 
Aug. 21, 1835; Sewall P., b. Aug. 9, 1836, and Henry Harrison, 
b. Feb. I, 1842. 

Melvin, the next son of Barnabus'"', and his sister, Mary D., 
both died young, the former, March 19, 1820 ; and the latter, July 
8, 1830. Harriett Newall, his next child, married Ruggles Syl- 
vester on the 19th day of March, 1840. Mr. Sylvester died 
Dec. 24, 1852, leaving a widow and one daughter, 

Sewall, the tenth child of Barnabus^, died April 26, 1832. 

Cornelia B., whose numerical position was eleven, married 
Alvin Foss, July 30, 1837, who was born Nov. 12, 1816. She 
has been a resident of Leeds much of her long and useful life. 
Although for many years a widow since Oct. 22, 1869, she has 
lived to see her children and grandchildren grow up about her 
and to them has ever been a faithful and loving parent. Their 
children were : 

Ann, born Nov. 6, 1838: Francis G., b. Jan. 3, 1842; Warren 
Howard, b. Nov. 3, 1847; Fred C, b. June 25, 1849; Minnie A., 
b. June 6, 1859, ^"<^1 Preston E., b. Jan. 12, 1862. 

Laura- Jane, the youngest child of Barnabus^, died Sept. 26, 
1839. at the age of 17 years. 

Luther Loomis second, the only child of Luther Loomis^ and 
Rhoda B. Mitchell, married Sarah P. Hussey of Mount Vernon, 
Me., who was born in that town Jan. 28, 1822. She had a twin 
sister, both of whose pictures recently appeared in the State 
and Massachusetts papers, together with their biographies. Her 
death, which occurred in Hallowell, Dec. 14, 1900, was deeply 
mourned by all who knew her. 

Elder Howard (as he is called by his Leeds neighbors and 
friends), early espoused the cause of religion, and has made the 
Bible a life-long study. He is a worshiper of "The true and living 




W: ^ 




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ELDER LUTHER LOOMIS HOWARD. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 1 93 

God," and has, for many years, been a teacher and a preacher of 
the gospeL He is a firm behever and advocate of the 
faith of the second coming of Christ and the setting up of 
His kingdom on earth. Mr. Howard has spent many of 
his useful years in the town that gave him birth, and has a 
warm place in the hearts of the people. On account of declin- 
ing health, he removed to the home of a daughter, in Hallo- 
well, in 1899, where he now resides. The loss of his companion 
he deeply feels, yet silently endures his sorrow, and 
has a cheerful word for those who are likewise sorrowing. 
They had issue nine children, viz. : Melissa Almira, born in Hallo- 
well, Me., Jan. 28, 1847; ^Itlvin Clark, second, b. Ibid. Dec. 1, 
1848; Luther Loomis, third, b. in Chelsea, Me., Nov. 24, 1850; 
Ella Marilla, b. in Augusta, April 3, 1853 ; Lizzie T., b. in West 
Poland, May 15, 1855 ; Sarah Florence, b. in West Poland, Aug. 
5, 1857; Lot, b. Ibid. Feb. 24, 1861 ; Leander M., b. in Rome, 
Me., March 19, 1863. and Fred N., b. in Rome, April 6, i86b. 

Of the children of Deacon W^arren Howard", Melvin Clark 
died at the age of 24 years, Jan. 15, 1853. 

Lucy Mitchell married. Nov. 3. 1852, Ezra B. Ramsdell, who 
was born June 3, 1828. They settled in Leeds. To them were 
born four children, viz. : Luther, March 10, 1855 ; Mildred, June 
23, 1858; Marilla, March 28, 1864, and Howard, Oct. 12. 1866. 
Left a widow July 24, 1874, Mrs. Ramsdell later removed to 
California where she has since made a home with her children. 

Marilla Mark and Almina Augusta, the third and fourth 
children of Deacon Warren, both died when yoimg ladies, the 
former Sept. 21, 1850, and tlie latter Jan. 25. 1853, aged 17 and 
18 years, respectively. 

Mary Jane, the fifth child, married Everett Lindsy and spent 
her short life in Leeds, dying April 28, 1868. aged 29 years ; had 
no issue. 

Dexter Waterman, the sixth child, on the breaking out of the 
Civil War in 186 1. enlisted into the 3d Maine Infantry Regi- 
ment, Co. K, which went into camp at Augusta, May 28. and 
was organized June 4, 1861. From a private he was promoted 
to Sergeant and transferred to the 17th Maine Regiment, Co. C; 
and later promoted to 2d Lieutenant, Co. E. ; and still later pro- 
moted to Lieutenant. Step by step he advanced to the position 
of Captain, with a bright military prospect before him ; 
but from wounds received in the many hard-fought battles 
in which he participated, he died June 20. 1866. after a linger- 
ing sickness at his parental home, among his many friends 
and loving relatives, who tenderly cared for his every want and 
made his last days as endurable as the nature of his wounds and 
their effects would admit. He was a beautiful voung man, a 



194 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

favorite with associates and his death was mourned by a large 
concourse of friends and relatives. 

Hannah Lane, the seventh child, married, Jan. 5, 1862, Ward 
B., a son of Stillman L. and Julia A. (Turner) Howard. He was 
born in Leeds. Jan. 8. 1834. They settled in Leeds where they 
continued their residence until May, 1875, when they removed to 
the adjoining town of Wayne, where they have since continued 
their residence. She is a prominent member of the Baptist 
Church in which she exerts a manifest interest and 
intiuence. They have one daughter, Lizzie Emma, born 
in Leeds. Dec. 10, 1874. She married George E. jNIcAllister. 
June 26, 1892. To them were born Irene H., May 5, 1893 • 
Florence O.. July 2^, 1894, and Henrietta W., Nov. 4, 1897. 
Their residence is Wayne. 

Clara Cornelia, the youngest child of Deacon Warren, mar- 
ried Duane S. Wing, in January. 1866, who was born in Leeds, 
Nov. 18, 1842. To them was born a daughter, Elsie, who died 
when a young lady : and a son, Alfred, who resides with his 
parents, in Portland, Me. 

The three children of Barnabus. Jr.. viz. : Oren G.. Sewall P. 
and Henry H., the dates of whose birth have been given, all 
settled in Brockton, Alass.. where they married. Oren G. has 
one daughter (Mrs. Clark Lane). Sewall P. has a daughter, 
and Henry H. has no children. 

Of the children of Cornelia B. whose husband was Alvin 
Foss. the eldest. Ann, died Jan. 4, 1867. 

Francis G.. married A'esta P., the youngest daughter of Rev. 
Weaker Foss, Jan. 31. 1869. Like his father, he is a mason by 
trade, and in connection with his farm at North Leeds, where 
he resides, his time and services are in good demand. He has a 
family of children of whom mention will be made in sketch of 
Foss family. Her third child, Warren Howard Foss, was many 
years a locomotive engineer on the Old Colony Railroad, and 
later, and now^ is, an officer in the Custom House, in Boston. 
He married Maria Deane. Oct. 20, 1872. and settled in South 
Braintree. Mass., where he is an extensive owner of real estate. 
They have two daughters. The fourth child of Cornelia B. is 
Fred C. He married Eugenia E. Jennings of West Leeds, and 
resides at Livermore Falls. They have issue one daughter. He 
is a master mason by trade, and many fine and extensive struct- 
ures of masonry in Massachusetts and Maine are living monu- 
ments of his handiwork. Her fifth child. Minnie A., married, 
July Q, 1879. O. A. Johnson and settled in Wayne. She has one 
son. Owen, born April 29. 1887. Her husband died April 2, 
i8c)-i ; since which time her lesidence has not been permanently 
■ established. The son is being educated in the schools of Wayne. 
The vouneest child of Cornelia B. is Preston E. He has been 



HISTORY OF LEEDS I 95 

in the employ of the Old Colony Railroad a long time, and for a 
term of years a locomotive engineer on that road. He married 
Edith Chandler in 189 1, in South Braintree, Mass., where he has 
a fine home. 

Cornelia 13. resides at North Leeds, in the family of her son, 
Frank G., and on this thirtieth day of March, 1901, is 81 years 
old. Among the mothers of which Leeds may well be proud, 
she holds a prominent place. 

Of the children of Luther Loomis second, and Sarah P. 
(Hussey) Howard, Melissa Almira, the eldest, married C. L. 
Belden, of Westfield, Mass., in which place they reside. Three 
sons have been born to them, all of whom died in early manhood. 

2ylelvin Clark second, died in Cartagena, South America, in 
August, 1888. 

Luther Loomis third, the third child, married Hattie F. 
Davis by whom he had a son, Vivian Luther, born Nov. i, 1874. 
In May, 1898, his wife, Hattie F., died; since which time he has 
made his home with the son, Vivian L., in Battle Creek, Mich. 
This son married, June i, 1896, Matilda Ostland, and they have 
two children, viz.: Melvin David, born May 10, i898;-and Esther 
Sophie, born May 31, 1900. 

Ella Marilla, the fourth child of Luther Loomis ^second, mar- 
ried Eugene L. Howe, of Hallowell, Me., Nov. 11, 1873. To 
them were born two children, \\'illard C, Oct. 19, 1874, and Mina 
L, Feb. 3, 1887. Mr. Howe died, Aug. 25, 1900. It is with 
this daughter that the Rev. L. L. Howard makes his home. 

Lizzie T., the fifth child, died Aug. 25, 1855 ; and Sarah F., the 
next child, died March 30, 1873. 

Lot, the seventh child, married Ella True, born Aug. 6, 1853, 
the only child of Francis D. Millett. May 10, 1880. Their resi- 
dence is the old Millett homestead, at North Leeds. They have 
one son, Francis Davis Millett Howard, born Feb. 15, 1891. 
Mr. Howard is one of Leeds' most industrious, enterprising and 
successful young farmers. Of good physique and high intellect, 
a great reader with retentive memory, to which may well be 
added his bright and active business capacity, bespeaks a life of 
usefulness and worth to himself, his family and the commimity 
in which he moves. He is a cheerful and active worker, con- 
tributor and promoter of any and all public enterprises of benefit 
to his native town, and much interested in the cause of education 
and the up-building of moral principles of the people. His 
kindly nature, cordial greetings and genial hospitality endear 
him to his neighbors and many friends. 

Leander M., the eighth child in the list, married Clara, a 
daughter of Bradford Boothby. They reside in Jamaica Plains, 
Mass. They have no issue. 

Fred N., the vouneest of the children of Rev. L. L. Howard 



196 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

married Alma Abbott. Tlieir residence is in Portland, Me. 
They have two sons, Homer and Roland. 

The Howard family has been one of prominence in Leeds, 
and composed of many members. It occupies a large amount of 
space in this work as do several other of the early families of 
the town whose prolificness has been of vital importance in its 
growth and development. Let us hope that in coming years, the 
example of our early parents may be closely imitated in this 
direction, and our sparsely settled districts again sound and 
resound with the merry chatter and songs of the little ones as 
they go to and come from the newly dressed houses of education 
now going down in decay. On this the life of the town. — yea, 
the life and prosperity of the nation depends. Study and reason 
as we may to devise means of remedy, we are at once confronted 
with the naked facts and brought back to the only feasible stand- 
point that can be successfully maintained. 



THE DEANE FAMILY 

Descended from John Deane, who, with his brother Walter, 
came to this country from Chard. England, about 1637 and settled 
in Taunton, ■Mass. 

Zebulon Deane. born June 12, 1773, of the fourth generation 
from John Deane and the seventh son of Aljial Deane and 
Zebiah Field, his wife, came to Maine from Taunton. Mass.. in 
1792 to visit his brother Cyrus, then living in Greene. Later he 
took up land at South Leeds. In 1796, when 23 years of age, 
he married ]\Iary Rackley, of Greene, and in 1797 they moved to 
West Leeds, to the place now owned by his grandson, Volney A. 
Deane. 

Their children were : Zopher. Anna. Susan, Wealthy, Abial, 
Zebulon, Zebiah and Benjamin Rackley. 

In 1814, Mary, the wife of Zebulon died, and in 1815, he mar- 
ried a second wife. Esther Millett, of Turner. Their children 
w^ere: Stephen Rackley Deane, born Sept. 4, 1816; and Elvira J. 
Deane, born March 10, 1819. The latter married Nathaniel P. 
Moulton, of New Bedford, Mass., March 25, 1843. 

Stephen R. Deane married Elvira Pratt, of Leeds, May i, 
1844. Their children were Rose Ellen, Henry Homer and Abbie 
E. Rose Ellen married Hon. R. H. Gilmore, son of Col. John 
Gilmore. of Leeds, Aug. 8, 1866. They moved to Iowa where 
she died Sept. 25. 1876. 

Henrv Homer died Sept. 5, 1851. 

Elvira, wife of S. R. Deane, died Oct. 12, 1855. April 3, r859. 
he married, second, Victoria H. Turner, daughter of Phillips 
Turner and ]\farv L. Howard, his wife, who was the daughter 




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HISTORY OF LEEDS 1 97 

.of Hon. Stillman Howard. The children of Stephen R. and 
Victoria are Stephen Homer, Stilhnan Howard, PMiihips Herbert 
and Percy Harold. The last named died Aug. 23, 1877. 

Stephen R. Deane was educated in Maine and Massachusetts. 
He taught school at Kent's Hill, Leeds and other towns in Maine, 
and in 1844-5 taught commercial and writing school in New Bed- 
ford, Mass.; after which he went to Lowell, Mass., wdiere he 
was a member of, and clerk and paymaster for the Merrimac 
River Lumber Co. for 12 years. He was in trade in Leeds sev- 
eral years; postmaster at West Leeds 15 years; on the school 
committee 13 years. 

He belonged to the Rifle Company of Leeds when 18 years 
of age. In 1852, he bought of Mr. Joslyn the second farm south 
of the one owned by his father, Zebulon, the first farm on the 
south being owned by his brother, Benjamin R. and now owned 
by Truman Deane, son of Benjamin R. and brother to Volney A. 

Stephen R. spent the most of his life after 1859, on this farm. 
He was of a poetical temperament and always very nuich inter- 
ested in the cause of education. He much enjoyed gardening 
and fruit culture. In 1894, he and his sons S. Homer and 
Phillips H. l)uilt a house on the farm. On Oct. 19, 1898, Stephen 
R. died, and the place is now owned by Deane Brothers, S. 
Homer and Phillips H. and known as Sunny Shore Farm. In 
1899, they built a barn connected with the house. They now 
have a good set of buildings. They keep a stock of dairy cows, 
their cream going to the Turner Center Factory. S. Homer 
taught school several years ; has been on the board of selectmen 
five years ; was overseer of the Grange two years and master 
three years. He has also been a member of the Republican Town 
Committee. 

Phillips H. Deane has been Deputy Sheriff five years ; over- 
seer of the Grange three years and is the present master of the 
Grange, this being his third year. He has been a member of the 
Republican Town Committee, and is now a member of the 
School Committee. 

S. Howard Deane, the second son of Stephen R. and Victo- 
ria, taught several terms of school, and when 20 years of age, 
went to Turner to take charge of the farm of J. H. Hooper, where 
he remained several years. In 1890, he went into the butter fac- 
tory at Turner Center, where he learned the business ; after 
which, he first took charge of the factory at Brettun's Mills, and 
subsequently was employed by the firm of Eli Jepson & Son, of 
Lynn, Mass., and took charge successively of the factories at Liv- 
ermorc Falls, Monmouth and Winthrop. He is now in the 
employ of the Turner Center Dairying Association, with head- 
quarters at Auburn, Maine. He has had charge of wholesale 
and retail stores at Worcester, Mass., Bath, Me., the fac- 



198 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

tory at Milo and at present, is running a large wholesale and 
retail butter and cream store at Providence, R. I., a branch 
store of the T. C. D. Association. He married on Oct. 20, 1896, 
Carrie May, daughter of H. S. Blue, of Monmouth, Me. 



MITCHELL FAMILY. 

The name Mitchell first appears on the records of Leeds in 
the year 1800. Joseph Mitchell, who, with his parents was a res- 
ident of Bath, came to Littleborough in that year and settled on 
the north end of Quaker Ridge. He took up the farm subse- 
quently owned by Col. John Gilmore. At that time, he had a 
brother Thomas, who was a boot- and shoe-maker in Bath, and 
in connection therewith was a merchant, dealing in West India 
goods. The need of a saw-mill was badly felt in that section of 
Leeds, and Thomas Mitchell was persuaded by his brother to sell 
his business in Bath and move his family to the new town and 
embark in that enterprise. As it is of Thomas and his descend- 
ants that we shall make mention (having little data of him and 
none further of Joseph), it is noted that he w^as born (presuma- 
bly in Bath) in the year 177 1. He married Mary Lament who 
was born in 1778. They removed to Leeds in 1802, and at that 
time had two children, William and James Warren Lamont, 
better known in Leeds as Warren Mitchell. He w-as six years old 
in 1802. Before moving his family to their future home, Thomas 
purchased the land and water-power since known as Coffin's 
Mills, erected buildings where Henry Mitchell, his grandson now 
resides, built the dam on the stream and a mill, which w^as the 
first erected in that locality. Both his house and mill w^ere 
burned. In company with Elias Lane he built another mill 
which was run successfully until 1812, w^hen the war so afifected 
and prostrated the lumber business that little work was then 
done, and the mill was idle for a time. In that year he built a 
new house near the mill. 

They had a family of ten children. William, the eldest, born 
in Bath, married Abigail Morse, of Turner, in April, 1818. 
They settled in West Leeds and had issue three or more children , 

J. Warren L., their second child, was also born in Bath, in 
1795. He married Julia Gilbert, of Leeds, in November. 1820, 
where he spent most of his years, although he died in Turner. 
He had issue Clara M., Ellen and Henry, — more? 

Clara M. is a widow ; married Charles B. Collier in Novem- 
ber, 1845, ^"•'1 later a Mr. Crockett; resides at Keen's Mills. 

Ellen married Rev. Joseph Crekore, resides in Peabody, 
Mass., and Henry lives in Leeds, on the old family homestead.- 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 199 

He is the only member of the family of Warren now remaining 
in town. 

Betsey L., a daughter of Thomas, married in May, 1826,. 
Joshua P. Lamont, of Bath, and settled in that town. 

Thomas, Jr., settled in Oldtown, Me. 

Benjamin, another son of Thomas, married Mary Mitchell,, 
of Brunswick, and settled there. He spent much of his life at 
sea. 

Jesse, the last son of Thomas to be accounted for, married 
Elvira Knapp, in September, 1840, and settled in Leeds, near the 
place now occupied by the Jennings Bros. He, later, removed 
his family to Madrid, Me. 

Mary, another daughter of Thomas, married a Mr. Carr, and 
settled in New Hampshire. 

The other three children died in childhood. 



HERRICK (EXGLISH FAMILY). 

Eirikr, Eric, Erik, Erick, Irik, Eyryk, Erryk, Herik, 
Hireck, Heryck,'Hericke, Hearick, Heyricke, Heyrick, Herrick. 

This very ancient and much cherished Scandinavian cogno- 
men has passed through numerous variations and mutations in 
England, some of which may have been idiomatic, but generally 
they are referable to the prevailing fancy of the early ages of 
English literature, and the absence of anything like an estab- 
lished orthography. Recurring to the English orthography of 
our own name, in all its variety and mutability for many centu- 
ries, we perceive something like a progressive transition, from 
the original Scandinavian Eirikr, down to the settled and perma- 
nent English Heyrick and Herrick of the seventeenth century. 
The earliest English forms were Ericke, Eric and Erik with 
occasional variations in the final letter, and some few instances 
of the substitution of I instead of E as the initial. In the twelfth 
century, Henry of Great Strettan spelled his name Eyryk. 

A. D. 1450 Robert of Houghton wrote Eyrick, and about the 
year 1500 his son Thomas, spelled his name Eyricke and Eyrick, 
and his son. John of Leicester, merely indulged in a great vari- 
ety, as ; Eyrik. Eyrek, Eyricke, to which last, the engraver of his 
epitaph, for the first time on record, prefixed the H. unless, 
indeed, it may have been previously assumed by his son Nicholas 
of London, who had early chosen the name Heryk, which his 
sons again changed to Herrick about the middle of the seven- 
teenth century ; at this time, or a few years earlier, the sons of 
John of Leicester had fixed the orthography of the names Her- 
rick and Heyrick which have remained permanent and unchanged 



200 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

to this clay ; Robert the eldest son, having" assumed the latter, 
and the other sons of John, the former. 

The traditioiis of this very ancient family, claim their descent 
from Ericke, a Danish chief, who invaded Britain during the 
reign of Alfred, and having been vanquished by that Prince, was 
compelled, with his followers, to repeople the wasted districts of 
East Anglia, the government of which he held as a fief of the 
English crown. He is recognized in history as Ericke. King of 
those Danes, who hold the Cotmtrie of East Angle. In an 
attempt to unite the Danish power in Britain against the English- 
men, Ericke w^as defeated by Edward, the son and successor of 
Alfred; and was subsequently slain by his own subjects for 
alleged severities in his government. 

The Norman invasion foiuid this name represented bv Eric 
the Forester, who resided in Leicestershire, and possessed exten- 
sive domains along the sources of the Severn and on the borders 
of Wales. Eric raised an army to repel the invaders and in the 
stibsequent efi""orts of the English Earls and Princes, to dispossess 
the Xormans of their recent conquest, and to drive them out of 
the country, he bore a i)rominent and conspicuous part. But he 
shared also, in the unfortunate issue of all these patriotic efiforts. 
His followers and allies were stripped of their estates, and the 
sources of his own power were dried up ; and being no longer in 
a condition formidable to new government, Eric was taken into 
favor by William — entrusted with important offices about his 
person, and in the command of his armies ; and in his old age 
was permitted to retire to his house in Leicestershire, where he 
closed a stormy and eventful life, as became the representative 
of an ancient and distinguished race. 

W^ith this hasty glance at our earliest family remembrances, 
remote and oliscure as they may be, w^e proceed to deduce the 
pedigrees of the English and American races through the branch 
of the posterity of Eric the Forester, which is still respectably 
known in England, and wdience we derive our lineage. 

Henry Eyryk, a lineal descendant from Eric the Forester, 
was seated at Great Strettan in the County of Leicester, 
England, at a very remote period. His grandson. Robert Eyryk 
of Strettan, by his wife Joanna had Sir W^illiam, Robert and John. 
Sir William Eyryk. Knight of Strettan, was commissioned to 
attend the Prince of Whales on his expedition into Gascony in 
the year 1355. 

From Sir W'illiam. descended Robert Eyrick of Houghton 
on the Hill, living 1450, who left by his wdfe Agnes, Robert (who 
died without issue), and Thomas Eyrick of Houghton, who 
settled in Leicester. He died in 1517 leaving Nicholas, John and 
Elizabeth. John Eyrick or Heyrick of Leicester, born 15x3; 
died .\pril 2, 1589; twice mayor of that corporation, 1559 and 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 20I 

1572; married Mary, daughter of John Bond, Esq., of Ward End 
in Warwickshire, who was born in 1514 and died Dec. 8, 161 1. 

The following epitaph on the tombstone of John Heyrick, 
Esq., and Mary Bond, his wife, is found in Si:. Martin's Church, 
Leicester, at the last end of the north aisle, in a part thereof 
called "Heyrick's Chancel," being appropriated as a burying 
place for that family : "Here lieth the body of John Heyrick late 
of this Parish, who departed this life ye 2d of April, 1589, being 
about the age of 76. He did marry Marie, ye daughter of John 
Bond of Wardende, in the County of Warwicke, Esquire, and 
did live with said Mary, in one house, full fifty-two yeares ; and 
in all that tyme, never buried, man, woman, or child, though they 
were sometimes twenty in household. ELe had yssue by ye said 
Marie five sonnes and seven daughters. The said John was 
mayor of this towne in anno 1559, and again in anno 1572. The 
said Marie departed this life ye 8th of December, 161 1, being of 
the age of 97 years. She did see before her departure, of her 
children, and children's children, and their children, to the num- 
ber of 142." 

Sir William Herrick, of Leicester, London and Beaumauar 
Park, son of John and Mary Bond Evrik or Heyrick, was born 
1557. Member Parlement 1601 to 1630. Knighted 1605. 

Ambassador from Queen Elizabeth to -the Sublime Porte; 
held various lucrative offices in the Treasury; married 1596 Joan, 
daughter of Richard May, Esq., of London ; died 2\larch 2, 
1652-3, aged 96. 

(American Family.) Henerie Hireck — Hericke — Herrick, 
the Anglo-American ancestor of a numerous race in this country, 
son of Sir William and Joan May Herrick, of Leicester. London 
and Beaumauar Park, was born 1604; came over from Leicester, 
England, to Naumkeag, then first named Salem, June 24, 1629. 
He married Editha, daughter of Mr. Hugh Laskin, of Salem 
(who was born 1614 and living in 1674) and settled at Cape- 
Ann-Syde over against Massies. Died in 1671. Out of a very 
numerous family (our traditions say twelve sons and several 
daughters) seven sons and a daughter, whose names are given 
below, survived their father and are named in his will. Children 
of Henry and Editha Herrick who survived infancy: Thomas, 
Zacharie, Ephraim, Henry, Joseph, Elizabeth, John, Benjamin. 

Henry Herrick settled on Cape-Ann-Syde of Bass River 
(now Beverly) on which his farm was bounded. He purchased 
several farms at Birch Plains and Cherry Hill, on which he 
settled his sons Zacharie, Ephraim, Joseph and John. Joseph 
resided on Cherry Hill, where he acquired a good estate. 
Zacharie, Ephraim and John, at Birch Plains. Henry inher- 
ited the homestead at Lower Beverly, Mass. 

Henrv Herrick was a husbandman, in easv circumstances, 



202 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

but undistinguished by wealth, or civil rank and influence in the 
colony. He was a very good and honest dissenter from the 
established church, and the friend of Higginson, who had been a 
dissenting minister in Leicester. Mr. Herrick and his wife 
Editha, were among the thirty, who founded the first church in 
Salem, in 1629 and on the organization of a new Parish, on 
Ryal-Syde 1667, they, wuth their sons and their sons' waves, 
were among the founders of the first church in Beverly, also. 
But there are reasons to suspect that neither Henry, nor his 
sons were, at all times, and in all things, quite as submissive to 
the spiritual powers of their day, as they should have been. On 
the Court records of Essex County is an entry like this : 
"Henerie Hericke, and Edith his wife, are fined los. and lis. for 
cost of Coort, for aiding and comforting an excommunicated 
person, contrary to order." 

Joseph Herrick of Cherry Hill, Salem, son of Henry and 
Edith (Laskin) Herrick, died Feb. 4, 1717 or 1718; married 
first, Sarah Leach, daughter of Richard Leach of Salem, Feb. 7, 
1666-7, "^'^'ho died about 1674. Married second, Mary Endicott, 
of Salem, about 1677-8, Vv'ho died Sept. 14, 1706. Married 
third, Mary, widow of Capt. George March of Newbury, June 
28, 1707, who survived him. 

Joseph Herrick, son of Joseph and Sarah (Leach) Herrick, 
born April 2, 1667; settled on a farm given him by his father, 
in the northwest corner of Beverly, near Wenham line ; thence 
he removed to Marblehead, where he kept a tavern ; thence to a 
farm on Mine Hill, Topsfield, gave a lot for burying ground, 
about half a mile south of Agawam River, March 13, 1739, 
which is still occupied as such. He died Sept. 11, 1749. His 
wife died Sept. 30, 1748. (T have no record of his wife's name.) 

Benjamin Herrick, son of Joseph Herrick, born April 14, 
1700; settled on the farm in Beverly, and Wenham. given him 
by his father, whence he moved to Gage's Ferry, Methuen, where 
he died in 1773. He married Lydia Hayw^ard Nov. 27, 1720. 

Lsrael Herrick, son of Benjamin and Lydia (Hayw^ard) Her- 
rick, born Dec. 3, 1721 ; lived in Topsfield, Methuen, Boxford and 
Lewiston, Maine. Entered the army as a Lieutenant, 1745; 
served in nineteen campaigns; left the army 1763, a brevet 
Major. Fought at Bunker Hill ; resigned his commission as 
Alajor when the army removed from Cambridge. He died at 
Lewiston, Sept. 14, 1782. ]\Iarried first, Mary, daughter of 
John Bragg, who died June 24, 1748. Married second, Abigail 
Kilham of Boxford, Mass., who w^as born Nov. 3, 172^, and 
died Feb. 8, 1817. Israel and his second wife, Abigail Kilham 
Herrick, were buried in the cemetery at Barker's Mills, Lewis- 
ton, near the old Herrick house which was built by his son, John 
Herrick. Thev lived at one time in the Davis house in Lewiston,. 




MAJ. ISRAEL HERRICK. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 205 

but how long is not known to the writer. Children of Israel and 
Abigail Kilham Herrick : Joseph, John, Elizabeth, Mary, Eli 
and Samuel (twins) and Abigail. 

Samuel Herrick, son of Israel and Abigail (Kilham) Her- 
rick, born in Boxford, Mass., Sept. 5, 1759, married Abigail 
House, born in Hanover, Mass., April 18, 1761. Children: 

Israel, born Jan. 17, 1791 ; 

Eli, born May 26, 1793: 

Polly, b. Jan.' 4, 1796; 

Abigail, born July 5, 1799; 

Betsey, born Oct. 5, 1801 ; 

All born in Greene, Maine. 

He moved to Leeds in May, 1802, and settled the farm or lot, 
which his brother Eli bought one year before of Isaac Free- 
man, and which has ever since been held in possession by the 
Herrick family. Samuel died Sept. 5, 1834. His wife Abigail 
died Jan. 22, 1846. They were buried at West Leeds. 

Israel Herrick, son of Samuel and Abigail (House) Herrick, 
born in Greene, Jan. 17, 1791 ; married Abigail Lamb, of Leeds, 
born in Charlestown, Mass., Aug. 21, 1794. 

Children, — Margaret, born Nov. 6. 1822; still living; Har- 
riet and Horace, born Dec. i, 1826; Harriet d. Aaig. i, 1829; 
Horace d. Nov. 9, 1890; Harriet, b. July 7. 1830; d. Sept. 20. 
1850; Clarissa, b. Dec. 7, 1834; d. Sept. 4, 1837. 

At the death of his father, Israel came into possession of the 
homestead farm, on which he lived during his lift. When a 
young man he became interested in the manufacture of silk. 
He obtained a small quantity of mulberry seed and planted it. 
When the plants were large enough to transplant, he set a mul- 
berry orchard. In 1837, he obtained four hundred silk worms 
of Macv Sylvester, of Greene, and commenced the manufacture 
of silk on a small scale. He continued to increase the business 
from year to year, and in 1844. he built a cocoonery 50 feet m 
length, by 19 feet in width. This business in connection with the 
farm afforded quite a means of revenue. The silk business was 
carried on till about the year 1850, when it was dropped alto- 
gether. In politics he was always a Whig until the dissolution 
of that partv, when he became a Democrat. He served on the 
Board of Selectmen a number of years, and represented the town 
of Leeds in the State Legislature in 1835 and 1836. In religion 
he was a staunch Universalist. and always took an active part in 
church affairs. He died Feb. 27. 1862. His wife died Aug. 17. 
1849. They were both buried at West Leeds. 

Eli Herrick. son of Samuel and Abigail Herrick, born in 
Greene, Mav 26. 1793 ; died a prisoner of war at Quebec in 1814: 

Marv Herrick, daughter of Samuel and Abigail Herrick, 
born in Greene, Jan. 4, 1796; married Ira Lamb, of Leeds; died 



204 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

in Carroll, Me., Dec. i6, 1875; Abigail K. Herrick, daughter of 
Samuel and Abigail Herrick, born in Greene, July 5, 1799; died 
in Leeds. Sept. 13, 1845. -'^'^e was never married; 

Betsey R. Herrick, daughter of Samuel and Abigail Herrick, 
born in Greene, Oct. 5, 1801 ; died in Leeds, Aug. 14, 1850. She 
was never married ; 

Horace Herrick, son of Israel and Abigail (Lamb) Herrick, 
was born in Leeds, Dec. i, 1826. He married Sophronia 
Lyford Palmer, June 2J, 1852. Children: 

Frank E. Herrick, b. Sept. 2, 1853; tl. xA.pril 8, 1855; 

Frank H. Herrick, b. Aug. 22, 1856; 

Hattie A. Herrick, b. Nov. 15, 1862; d. Aug. 6, 1866; 

Loring Herrick, b. June 10, 1866; 

Lottie A. Herrick, b. Sept. 3, 1868; 

Lsrael H. Herrick, b. Jan. 5, 1871 ; 

Horace, being the only son, settled on the home place, the 
same as his father had done. He was the third generation to 
occupy this farm. During the earlier part of his life he was 
sick a great deal. At one time he was out of health for five years, 
and at another, three years. But for thirty years before he died 
he enjoyed good health, and worked hard nearly all the time on 
his farm. In politics he was a Democrat. He never aspired to 
hold office, although he took quite an interest in matters relating 
to his town. He always attended the L^niversalist Church when 
there were Universalist .meetings in town. As a neighbor he 
tried to practice the Golden Rule and not knowingly did he do 
any one an injury. T think I shall not be questioned if I say that 
he was an Honest Man. He died Nov. 9, 1890. His wife, 
Sophronia, died March 26, 1901. 

Margaret M. Herrick, born in Leeds Nov. 6, 1822, has 
always made her home with her brother Horace. A large part of 
her life has been spent in caring for the sick. Probably there 
are but few persons in town who have been of so much help and 
comfort to so many families in Leeds in time of sickness as she. 
Since the death of her brother, she has continued to live on 
the old place in the family of Frank H. Herrick. 

Frank H. Herrick. son of Horace and Sophronia (Palmer) 
Herrick, was born in Leeds Aug. 22, 1856. He remained at home 
working on his father's farm during the summer season, and 
teaching in fall and winter till he was twenty-four. In the 
spring of 1880, he went to ^lassachusetts and remained there till 
the death of his father. During this time he was in the employ 
of the West End Railroad Company. In the spring of 1891, 
he returned to Leeds and settled on the home place occupied by 
three generations of the Herrick family before him. In 1892, he 
was elected Supervisor of Schools, and re-elected the next spring. 
He married Lucy M. Sylvester, of Leeds, Aug. 22, 1894. In 




FRANK H. HERRICK. 




LUCY M. HERRICK. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 205, 

1899, he was again elected Superintendent of Schools and was 
twice re-elected. In politics he has followed his father and 
grandfather, voting wdth the Democrats. He is a Universalist 
and always attends the Universalist Church when possible to do 
so. Laura Margaret Herrick, only child of Frank H. and Lucy 
(Sylvester) Herrick, was born in Leeds, April 15, 1899. She is 
the fifth generation of Herncks to reside in Leeds on the same 
place. 

Loring Herrick, son of Horace and Sophronia Herrick, was 
born in Leeds, June 10, 1866. He attended the common and 
Free High Schools of Leeds, and fitted for college at the Coburn 
Classical Institute, Waterville. He entered Colby Lhiiversity in 
1888 and graduated in the class of '92. He belongs to the Delta 
L^psilon Fraternity. Since he left college he has taught most of 
the time. He has been Principal of a private school in Brad- 
ford, Mass., Principal of the High School in CoUinsville, Conn., 
Principal of the High School in Berlin, N. H., and Principal of 
the High School in Winthrop, Me. He married Linnie E. 
Clifford of Winthrop, Me., Aug. 17, 1898. At the present time, 
he and his wife are in Los Angeles, Cal. 

Lottie A. Herrick, only living daughter of Horace and 
Sophronia Herrick was born in Leeds, Sept. 3, 1868. She 
attended the Normal School at Farmington and taught several 
terms. Since the death of her father she has made her home 
with her brother Frank. She is a member of the Main Street 
Free Baptist Church, of Lewiston, where she has resided con- 
siderable of the time rluring the past few years. 

Israel H. Herrick, the youngest of the family of Horace and 
Sophronia Herrick, was born in Leeds, Jan. 5, 1871. He went 
to Biddeford when about twenty-one years of age, learned the 
butter-maker's trade and was in the employ of a company having 
a butter factory at Biddeford until the company dissolved. He 
married Alice G. Hanson, of Biddeford, Jan. 29, 1896. He has 
been in the employ of different railroad companies as fireman 
enough so that the Grand Trunk Railroad Company offered him 
a position as engineer on their road. For the past two years he 
has been in the employ of the Armour Company. He works in 
one of their stores at Biddeford, where he resides. 



BOOTHBY FAMILY. 

English Ancestry. 

The name and family of Boothby are of great antiquity, and 
may be traced backward for the long period of a thousand vears. 
A distinguished antiquarian writer states, that about the year 800 



206 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

A. D., King Egbert divided the nation into counties, hundreds 
and wapentakes, and that one of the later sections in Lincohishire 
was named Boothby. In tlie same county was a market town 
named Boothby-Payell ; also a manor house of the same designa- 
tion. 

Cambden says: "These places received their names from 
the Boothby family, then resident there" ; and the ancient histo- 
rian, Leland, makes a like statement. Some modern writers 
have taken exception to this view from the fact that few sur- 
names existed at so remote a period, but the family tradition is, 
that the name in its rudimentary form was derived from a 
Danish tribe named "Bobi'' who settled early in Britain, and that 
the family of Boothby is descended from the chiefs of this tribe, 
who held lands in Lincolnshire. 

Charles E. Boothby, Esq., a distinguished representative of 
the family in England, says : "Judging from the termination of 
the name, ethnologists have been of opinion that the name is of 
undoubted Danish origin. Certainly it is not Roman, nor is it 
Saxon." In Norman times, the "de" was added. Two parishes 
in Lincolnshire still bear the name of Boothby ; one in Wapen- 
take of Boothby-Graffo, a few miles south of Lincoln ; and 
Boothby-Paynell, a few miles southeast of Grantham. If in 
King Egbert's reign the Boothbys owned the intervening territory, 
their possessions must have been very considerable. The ancient 
manor house which belonged to them is still standing in the last 
named parish. The name of Paynell came in only wheii the 
Boothbys lost their Lincolnshire estates by the marriage of the 
only child of the owner of them to a Paynell of Devonshire. But 
the male line of the familv was preserved, descending from an 
uncle of the heiress, in unbroken succession : and the male line 
has continued unbroken through all the centuries since their first 
settlement in Lincolnshire in the ninth century. The pedigree of 
the family was compiled by Dr. Sanderson, who subsequently 
became bishop of Lincoln, and the manuscripts are preserved in 
the British museum." 

The lineal descent of a family so ancient cannot be traced 
with certainty through the earlier generations ; there are, how- 
ever, in ancient documents, evidences to prove the existence of 
the family and name until the regular successsion is established, 
and these following down the line of descent we have a con- 
nected genealogical history, down to the 

American Branches. 

The history of the early generations of the Boothbys of Xew 
England is somewhat obscure, and the traditions and published 
accounts cannot be harmonized with the vital public records. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 207 

Judge Bourne, who was an excellent authority, made the state- 
ment that, "Thomas and Henry Boothhy came with families from 
Magwater, Ireland, to Wells in 1720." This may have been true, 
but I find no evidence that Henry was ever in Wells, and am not 
sure that one of that name came over at the time stated. Tliomas 
and Richard Boothhy were inhabitants of Wells as early as 1726, 
and I suppose the former was father of the latter, and of the first 
John Boothhy in that town and of Henry Boothhy, whose 
name appears in Scarborough, in 1727, as a church member, but 
who returned to Wells and died, leaving descendants there who 
are accounted for in the following pages. Southgate has written 
of the early settlers of this name in Scarborough as follows : 
"Joseph and Samuel Boothb}- emigrated from the north of Ire- 
land to Kittery early in the last century, whence they came to 
Scarborough." This statement is in part true ; in some respects 
untrue. Thomas Boothhy, born in Ireland, came with his 
parents to Kittery. where he married Lydia Came in 1724, and 
had sons, Jonathan. Samuel and Joseph. He came to Scar- 
borough with the Deering family with whom his daughters inter- 
married about 1730-6. The first Samuel Boothhy settled in 
Scarborough was a brother of Thomas, and had children bap- 
tized in that town in 1736. 

Rev. Samuel Boothhy. who traveled as a missionary exten- 
sively in Maine, and who was much interested in the family 
history, left, with other data relating to his ancestry, the follow- 
ing written statement: "Two brothers, so far as known, went 
from England into Ireland, married and had families. They 
afterwards came to Nova Scotia, then to wdiat is now the State 
of Maine. One settled in Wells near the sea ; the other in Kit- 
tery. The one who settled in Kittery had a son Thomas who 
came to Scarborough." This statement was doubtless correct, so 
far as it went, but he makes no mention of Samuel, the brother 
of Thomas, wdio also settled in Scarborough, and from whom a 
large number of the families who bear the name in Saco are 
descendants. 

In consequence of the imperfections in the extant records of 
Kittery and Wells, and from the absence of an early book of 
records once belonging to the former town, we cannot make up 
a complete record of the first two generations. 

I have not even found tlie name of the first Henry Boothhy. 
said to have settled in Kittery. on any document there, but the 
presence of sons in that place supports the tradition that such a 
person was at one time an inhabitant of the town. The absence 
of his name from the existing records is no proof that he was 
not a resident. From a careful examination of the early records, 
printed statements, and traditions handed down in various 
branches of the familv. I have come to the conclusion w^hich fol- 



208 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

lows, namely ; that Thomas and Henry Boothby, natives of 
England, settled in the Province of Ulster along with the other 
English planters in that province ; that they married and had 
sons born there, who had grown to man's estate when they came 
to seek homes in the New World ; that the parents were well 
advanced in life before coming to New England and soon after 
deceased. The McLellans came with the Boothbys, and were 
connected by marriage after settlement here. At this point I 
must correct another published misstatement. In the history of 
Parsonsfield ( 1888) the following may be found : "Brice Boothby 
came to this country from Scotland and settled in Scarborough, 
and from him all of the name have descended." This is unwar- 
ranted tradition and without a shadow of foundation. The fact 
is. that Joseph Boothby of the third generation married Susanna, 
daughter of Brice McLellan, and a son, who settled in Buxton 
and became the progenitor of the families now living in Parsons- 
field, was named for his grandfather. 

GENEALOGY. 

Thomas Boothby \ born in England, settled in Ireland, mar- 
ried and had children born there ; came by way of Halifax, Nova 
Scotia, to Wells in the District of Elaine, with his sons, where he 
made his home the remainder of his days. No record of his 
death. 

Henry Boothby\ born in England, settled in Ireland with his 
brother Thomas, married there and came with his children to 
Kittery now in Maine, about 1720, where he settled. It is pos- 
sible that he removed to Scarborough with his sons, and was the 
Henry Boothby whose name appeared as a charter member of 
the P>lack Point Church ; if so, all of that name in town and 
vicinity, are his descendants, and following down the line of 
descent from Henry we come to the fifth generation and to the 

CHILDREN OF JOHN OF SACO. 

Isaac^, born October 10, 1774; married Hannah Foss, (who 
died December 2j, 1838), and settled in Leeds, Me. With reso- 
lute will and strong arms, he swung the shining axe, adding 
clearing to clearing and field to field until he had one of the 
largest and best farms in town. From him "Boothby's Hill," north 
of Leeds Center, took its name. He also engaged largely in the 
live stock business and carried many a drove of sleek bullocks 
to Brighton market. With few advantages for education in the 
schools, he trained his mind to solve the most complicated prob- 
lems with figures, and there was not an example in Kenney's 
Arithmetic that he could not perform mentally with more facility 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 209 

than most men with tlie slate and pencil. He was a man of solid 
build and constitutionally robust. Positive and uncompromising,, 
shrewd and cautious in business, industrious and frugal, he 
proved a success. He died May 20, 1835, aged 61. Six children, 
of whom hereafter. 

Lydia, born Jan. 25, 1777; married Hamilton Jenkins, of 
Wayne, Me.; died December 16, 1833, aged 56 years, 10 months, 
21 days. They had one child, Eliza, who married Capt. Benj. 
Ridley. She died August 15, 1825, aged 20 years, 6 months and 
26 days. 

Stephen"', born in Saco, Nov. 7, 1779; first married Susan 
Buzzell, of Winthrop, (who died May 17, 1817;) settled in Leeds, 
Me., as a farmer, and had three children : Samuel, William and 
Abigail. He was an extensive owner of lands ifi Leeds and 
Wayne, which he sold to many natives of the Saco Valley, who 
were induced to settle there. He next married Hepsabeth Tib- 
betts, of Wells, County of York, who died Sept. i, 1838; no 
issue. He next married Mrs. Hannah Page of Belgrade, for- 
merly Hannah Churchill, of Plymouth, Mass., who was buried 
in Belgrade. He was an industrious and successful farmer and 
a kind-hearted Christian man. About 1814, he built a large, two- 
story, square house and other buildings on the old farm in Leeds, 
Me., which still remain practically as first built. He died June 
5, 1 87 1, aged 91 years and 6 months. 

Susan^ born Dec. i, 1781. 

Rev. John"^, born Sept. 30, 1787: married Anna Foss, Nov. 20, 
181 1, by whom issue, seven children. He died in Saco, April 4, 
1878, aged 91. I think he spent some early years in Leeds, but 
returned to Saco in 18 15, and made his permanent home on a 
large farm where the brick mansion was erected. He was con- 
verted during the "Grove Reformation," in Saco, in 1808; was 
ordained by Elders Henrv Frost and Moses Rollins in the town of 
Wayne, Oct. 12, 18 12, the services being conducted out of doors 
in an ox-cart. He spent the earlv years of his ministry traveling 
as an evangelist, preaching in six states : saw his first revival in 
Eastport, Me., where a Christian church was organized. He 
served in the Legislature of Maine in 1851-52, and voted for the 
"Maine Law," framed by Neal Dow. He was engaged in the 
ministry more than sixty years ; one of the most extended terms 
of service in the sacred office of which we find record. At his 
funeral twelve elders took part in the services. Elder Boothby 
was a sturdy pillar of the church, uncompromising and undis- 
mayed, and his death was a denominational loss widely felt. He 
was not an eloquent preacher estimated by the popular standards, 
but was sound, logical, and at times profound and masterly; his 
voice was deep, mellow, and of great compass, and was used by 
way of emphasis upon his hearers with powerful effect. As a 

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covuisellor in conventional assemblies he was cautious, discreet 
and magnanimous. Being venerated by the younger ministers, 
they vied with each other to do the patriarch servant of the Most 
High honor. His stately presence at the conference, during his 
old age, was a benediction. As a farmer he was quite success- 
ful, and acquired a comfortable support. His frame was massive 
and his tall, erect form gave him a commanding and dignitied 
personality. His visage was of elongated mould and his com- 
plexion swarthy. In his eye there was an expression of meek- 
ness and kindly light that was noticeable. He had his failings, 
but was a good and eminently godly man. It is related that his 
wife once expressed grave fears that he would be lost ; that hav- 
ing preached to others, he would himself be a "castaway." He 
asked the reason for her anxiety and was answered in this wise : 
"John, you know a 'woe' is pronounced against those of whom 
all men speak well, and you certainly belong to that class." On 
his return from his appointment soon after this conversation, he 
gravely informed his good wiie that he saw some chance for him, 
for, as he was passing a crowd of men while entering church, he 
overheard one say : "There goes that d — d old black John 
Boothby." 

CHILDREN OF ISAAC, SEN., OF LEEDS. 

Walter**, born in 1798; married Betsey Ayer, of Standish, 
Me., in 1821, and died in Leeds, June 20, 1827; leaving issue, of 
whom hereafter. 

Hannah", born in 1800 (twin) ; died June 20, 1821, in Leeds. 

Betsey**, born in 1800 (twin) ; died Sept. 21, 182 1, in Leeds. 

Isaac", born Nov. 20, 1809; married first, Jane Graves, of 
Wayne, who died December 16, 1848, aged 42. by whom thirteen 
children. He married second, in 1850, Mary Jennings, of Leeds, 
by whom three children. Mr. Boothby inherited the homestead 
and always lived there. He was the cultivator of an extensive 
farm, comprising about 250 acres, and for several years engaged 
in live stock trade ; an owner of valuable timber lands in town ; 
one of original stockholders in the Androscoggin Railroad ; lib- 
eral in religious views ; in politics Whig and Republican ; not an 
aspirant for office, but a man of public spirit, who kept abreast 
■of the current issues of the day ; was selectman for nine years ; 
was positive of temperament, perceptive and quick to grasp a sit- 
uation. In business transactions he was cautious and shrewd ; 
believed in being governed by first impressions ; was attached to 
his fireside, where, when not attending to his business affairs, he 
employed his time in reading. He was a useful citizen, who man- 
ifested an interest in the town's progress and held the respect 
•of those who knew him. 

John", died young. 




REV. SAMUEL BOOTHBY. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 2 I I 

Cyrus**, born August 22, 1791, in Saco; married Charity Chub- 
buck, of Wareham, Mass., Sept. 28, 181 1. She was born Nov. 
22, 1791. He settled in Embden, Somerset County, Me. in the 
spring of 1814, and cleared his farm from the wilderness. Here 

he spent his days ; dying May 10, 1847 ; his wife died . 

They had eight children, three of w'hom died in infancy. He 
was in the W'ar of 1812; many years in the live stock trade; rep- 
resented his town in the Legislature of 1837 and 1839; ^ "''^^ o^ 
sterling integrity, whose word was law ; as a man of business, 
full of energy and enterprise. 

CHILDREN OF STEPHEN^ OF LEEDS. 

Rev. Samuer% born April 17, 1808; married May i, 1831, 
.Sally, daughter of Samuel and Betsey Leadbetter, of Leeds, 
born Sept. ij, 181 1 ; by whom eight children. He died in Levi^is- 
ton. Me., July 9, 1884; aged 76 years. His widow died in same 
xrity June 12, 1887; aged 76 years. Samuel Leadbetter died 
Sept. II, 1859; aged 76 years. Betsey, his wife, died April 25, 
1854 ; aged 68 years. 

Elder Boothby was baptized and united with the Baptist 
Church in Wayne, and in 1840 was ordained. He served as pas- 
tor at Turner Bridge four years, and subsequently in Wayne for 
five years ; these were his only pastoral charges. He afterwards 
labored for a year as a missionary, employed by the Maine Bap- 
tist Convention, in x\roostook County, Me. He then entered the 
service of the American Foreign Bible Society, where he con- 
tinued until 1883. Since 1857, he resided in Lewiston, Me., 
where he acted as a local missionary. Shortly before his death, 
he was asked how the promises of God appeared to him then, and 
he answered: "Yea and Amen." Being asked if the gospel was 
his support during his illness, he responded: "The words of the 
wise are as swords and as nails fastened by the Masters of Assem- 
blies, which are given from one shepherd." He lived for the 
truth and the truth did not forsake him. He was a good man, a 
good husband and father, a good citizen, a good church member, 
a good minister of the New Testament. 

It was said of his companion : "Her devoted and self-sacrific- 
ing life will ever be fragrant in the memory of her four surviving 
children, and rnany others who knew and loved her." 

William*', born Aug. i. 1810; died Feb. 2. 1901, aged 91 
years. He married Caroline Pinkham, of Saco, daughter of 
Isaac Pinkham ; she is still living. They had three children. He 
spent his whole life on the old farm, and was a very industrious 
and successful farmer. 

Abigail*', died March 8, 1814; aged 8 months. 



212 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

CHILDREN 01=" WALTER, OF LEEDS. 

Isaac T.", born Sept. 13, 1822; married Louisa M. Spear, of 
Standish, Me., Oct. 14, 1848, and lived in that town. Children 
as follows : 

I. Cyrus H.\ born ]\Iarch 19, 1852, in Leeds. Me. ; 
married Mabel Wilds, of Biddeford, Nov. 21, ■ 
1885. 
IL Sarah S."", born Mav 10, 1855; married Nov. i, 
1874. 
in. Frank M.^, born Nov. 10, 1857; lives in Boston, 
sing'le. 
Hannah", born July 19, 1827; married Henry A. Brown, of 
Lowell, Mass., by whom three sons. She died in 1861, in Lowell. 

CHILDREN OF ISAAC, OF LEEDS. 

Betsey^, born May 26, 1831 ; married Horatio Williams, of 
Leeds ; no children ; died in July, 1862 ; 

Lydia J.^ born Jan. 20, 1833; died May 15, 1849; 

Augusta R.''^, born August, 1835 ; 

Rafina A.', born July i, 1837; died Dec. 11, 1842; 

Walter W.'^, born June 28, 1838; was sergeant in Company 
K, Third Maine Infantry, and killed at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 
1862; 

Cyrus", born June, 1840; died Dec. 20, 1846; 

Charles D.\ born July 10, 1842; died Dec. 27, 1862; 

Thomas Henry", son of Isaac and Jane (Graves) Boothbv, 
was born April 24, 1845. ^^ was educated at district school and 
at Monmouth Academy ; married December 28, 1867, Sarah, 
daughter of Tillotson and Mary (Hart) Libby, a descendant of 
Eben Libby, an early settler. Mrs. Boothby died Oct. 28, 1888. 
He married second. Nov. 24, 1892, Estella S., daughter of Seth 
Stinchfield, of Danforth, Me. Mr. Boothby inherited the prop- 
erty of his ancestors at "Boothby Hill," in Leeds, Me., and is a 
farmer ; also a member of Leeds Grange ; Deacon of the Baptist 
Church; was town treasurer from 1896 to 1901. and a member 
of the 70th Legislature ; has children : 

I. Bessie M.^ born Nov. 16, 1868; died July 14, 1879. 
II. Lizzie L.^, born Aug. 28, 1870 ; married March 2, 
T895, Charles B., son of H. M. Brewster, of 
Leeds. 

III. Charles R.^ born Sept. 25, 1873; died April t2, 

T874. 

IV. Horatio R.\ born Sept. 25, 1875 ; died April i, 1895. 




HON. THOMAS H. BOOTHBY. 




MRS. THOMAS H. BOOTHBY. 




LIEUT. COL. STEPHEN BOOTHBY. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 2 17, 

CHILDREN OF REV. SAMUEL. 

Susan E.' , born May 2, 1832, in Leeds ; married Orson, son 
oi Alvin and Lucy (Mitchell) Lane, of Leeds, in March, 1852. 
She died May 14, 1858, leaving no issue. She was a young 
woman of good natural ability ; lived a nol)le. Christian exam- 
ple and was beloved by all who knew her. 

Col. Stephen', born Oct. 23, 1833; died June 5, 1864, aged 31 
years, unmarried. In his early years he worked at home on his 
father's farm, and attended the common school at North Leeds. 
He then took a preparatory course at Litchfield Seminary; 
entered Waterville College in 1853, and graduated in 1857. He 
afterwards taught school ; also served as instructor and lecturer 
for teachers institute, under the State superintendent of educa- 
tion. In the spring of 1861. he formed a co-partnership with 
Mark H. Bunnell afterwards a member of Congress, and engaged 
in the practice of law in Portland, with flattering prospects of 
success. This business relation w'as not long continued, for both 
members of the firm responded to the call for men to defend the 
flag. Stephen Boothby entered the First Maine Cavalry as First 
Lieutenant of Company F, and was promoted to a captaincy after 
entering the field the next year. He was on duty with his com- 
pany until appointed Major in March or April, 1863, with the 
exception of a few montlis in the autumn of 1862, while aide- 
de-camp to the military governor of Frederick, Md., during the 
campaign in that state. In July, 1864, he was promoted to 
Lieutenant-Colonel, which rank he held until his death. While 
skirmishing at Shepardstown, he was badly wounded in the back, 
but remained some time in the saddle. He was allowed to return 
home for a short time to recuperate. He led a charge in the 
battle at Beaver Dam Station, Va., May 10. 1864, and was shot 
through the right breast and right shoulder, necessitating the 
operation of exsection, the right arm being removed at the 
shoulder joint. After a wearying ride over the rough roads in 
an ambulance around Richmond for five days, he was placed on a 
hospital boat, and his splendid constitution, indomitable courage 
and unyielding will, kept him up so well that he could help him- 
self considerably. But he died in a hospital at Point Lookout, 
Md., June 5, 1864, at the age of 30 years, 7 months, and t2 days. 
His body was taken to his father's home in Lewiston, and 
received a military burial. Almost the entire Cumberland bar, 
of which he was a member was present, and a large military 
escort followed the body to the grave and fired the last salute. 
The horse he rode in the field was led in the procession. We can- 
not more appropriately supplement the foregoing than by quot- 
ing from an address by Col. C. H. Smith, at a reunion of the 
First Maine Cavalry at Lewiston, on Sept. 2. 1879 : 

"Lieut. -Col. Boothbv died. And as his noble soul went out, 



214 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

there came to take its place the spirit of a deeper devotion of 
duty, a higher love of country, a nobler disregard of danger in 
the cause of right and justice, that hovered over the regiment 
until its muster-out, and that still lingers around and guides the 
comrades who were so fortunate as to serve in the light of his 
example. Lieut.-Col. Boothby died. And shall we here to-day 
mourn his loss? Shall we drop a tear, or breathe a word of pity 
that he died so young, while so bright a future was before him? 
No ! Lieut.-Col. Boothby died. Let us here, standing by his 
grave, remembering his noble life and glorious death, each one 
pledge ourselves to emulate his example. Let us each one 
pledge ourselves anew to keep his memory, and the memory of 
our comrades, and the memory of the cause for which they died, 
ever bright, and to practice ourselves, and teach our children 
lessons of patriotism, of fidelity to duty and to God. of love of 
liberty, and of reverence for the dear old, grand old Stars and 
Stripes, the lessons which we read as we stand here by the grave 
of one who gave his life for them. Then shall Lieut.-Col. 
Boothby not have lived in vain. Then shall our sacrifices and 
hardships not have been in vain. Then shall the War of the 
Rebellion not have been fought in vain. Then shall we be found 
worthy at the last grand roll-call, to stand by the side of Lieut.- 
Col. Boothby. in the awful presence of the Great Commander of 
all, and joyously answer 'HERE !' " 

Col. Boothby was one of those noble men whom the military 
service could not corrupt. Strictly temperate, eschewing the use 
of either stimulants or narcotics, upright in morals, addicted to 
no vice or evil habit, inflexibly honest, inaccessible to a tempta- 
tion to fraud or meanness, he was the very soul of soldierly honor, 
and commanded the highest respect of his fellows in arms. He 
deemed no oaths necessary to establish his character for soldierly 
independence and manliness, or to uphold his authority ; he 
indulged in no boasting to call attention to his bravery or deeds 
of valor ; he assumed no haughtiness of manner to give men to 
understand that he was one in command ; he made no display to 
bring before the minds of observers the position he held, or to 
invite from them homage to his rank. But in all those qualities 
which could render him worthy of honor and deference as a 
man, a soldier, and an officer, he stood pre-eminent. The fol- 
lowing lines were written in memory of Col. Boothby: 

They have welcomed home our soldier, but no shouts have rent 

the air, 
And no tones of joyous greeting for the gallant sleeper there ; 
But the strong men bow their faces, and fair woman's tear-drops 

fall 
As thev vield another treasure at their bleeding countrv's call. 




HON. R. C. BOOTHBY. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 2 1 5 

They have welcomed home our soldier, but he came not as of 

old— 
In the flush of life and gladness — but so pale, and still, and cold ; 
And with muffled steps thev bear him — they who loved the hero 

well, 
While with cadence soft and mournful, tolls the solemn minster 

bell. 

Ay ! 'tis well that they have wrapped him — him the young, the 

brave, the true, 
Wrapped him in his own loved banner, of the red, the white, the 

blue, 
For that flag he fought so bravely, for that flag his life-blood 

gave. 
And 'tis meet that it be waving o'er his honored, cherished grave. 

Thev have welcomed home our soldier, but a welcome strangelv 

sad; 
Eyes are dim and lips are trembling ; tones are hushed erewhile 

so glad. 
Ah ! we deemed not when he left us. firm of step and strong of 

will, ^ ' 

That that step so soon would falter, that brave heart so soon be 

still. 



Young he died, the gallant-hearted, but full many a gray-haired 

one 
Sinks to rest at close of evening with his race less nobly run. 
Life was sweet, but duty sweeter, and he bravely, bravely fell. 
For the green vales of our country, for the land he loved so well ! 

Then raise high the costly marble! place upon the book of Fame, 
'Mid our band of valiant martyrs, Boothby's honored, cherished 

name. 
In our heart of hearts we'll wear it. grateful that our Father gave 
Souls so noble, patriot heroes, our bleeding land to save. 

Elias P.", born Sept. 22, 1835 ; died Oct. 31, 1840. 

Viora G.", born July 8, 1838; married to Orson Lane, of 
Leeds, Dec. 17. 1859. Three children. 

Hon. Roswell C.', born Jan. 16, 1840; first, married Julia A., 
April 2y, 1861, daughter of Warren and Betsey Coffin, of Lewis- 
ton. She died at East Livermore, Me., March 31. 1868, aged 26 
years. Two children of whom hereafter. 

He married second. Dec. 6. 1870. Clara A., of Portland, 
daughter of Hezekiah and Xancv Atwood. of Livermore. Me., 



2l6 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

and by her has two children. His early life was passed upon 
his father's farm and attending the common schools. In 1857, 
he moved to Lewiston, Me. with his parents, and there attended 
High School and the Maine State Seminary (now Bates Col- 
lege), and at the age of seventeen commenced teaching, in which 
capacity he was very successful. In 1864, he purchased a farm 
at East Livermore, and two years later he sold this and purchased 
the grist-mill at Livermore Falls, which he operated in con- 
nection with the "feed business," for twenty vears ; since which 
time he has been in the wood and coal business. 

He was a member of the Board of School Committee 1866-69; 
Supervisor of Schools, 1871-74; on the Board of Selectmen 
1875-87 and 1891-94. and chairman of this board for the last 
twelve years of his service ; County Commissioner from 1883 to 
1893 • Justice of the Peace and Trial Justice for many years, in 
which last capacity he has sat as judge in all the cases that could 
come before that court for at least fifteen years. He was the 
member of the Executive Council from Androscoggin County 
during the two years 1897-98, and on the i6th day of March, 
1899, was appointed Judge of the Livermore Falls Municipal 
Court, which position he now holds. 

* He is a member of the Baptist Church, of which he has 5een 
deacon and leader of the choir *for a long time. 

He has given much attention to vocal music. For many 
years he has been prominent in Masonic bodies, having held the 
offices of Master High Priest and D. D. Grand Master. 

Emma L.". born Feb. 9, 1842, in Leeds; was married to Wil- 
lard Lothrop, of Leeds, son of Solomon and Sally Lothrop, June 
Ti, i860, and has three children. 

Sarah H.", born March 19, 1851 ; married July 25, 1873, 
Frederick B. Stanford, of Lewiston, by whom two children. 
They afterwards went to Brooklyn, N. Y., where they still reside. 

Marietta', born Jidy t2, 1853; '^i*^*^ September 22. 1872. 

CHILDREX OF WILLIAM. 

Orissa'^, born Jan. ti, 1835; died Feb. 2, 1837. 

Lewis P.', born June 16, 1839; married Lois A. Hersey, 
daughter of Samuel and Harriet Hersey, of Fayette, Me. He 
died Oct. 10, 1890. They had one child, Carrie H., who was 
born July 4. 1868; married Stephen Wing, son of vSalmon and 
Ardelia Wing, of Leeds. They now reside in Putnam. Conn. 

Orrah A.', born Feb. 20, 1844; married John L. B. Farring- 
ton, son of Rev. James and Melinda F. Farrington, of Wilton, 
Feb. 20^ 1867. They have one daughter, Susan F.. born Jan. 3, 
T871. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 2 I 7 

CHILDREN OF SUSAN E. AND ORSON LANE. 

Melvin Clark Lane**, born at Leeds in 1852 ; married Lizzie 
Howard, daughter of Orren Howard, of Brockton, Mass., for- 
merly of Leeds. Mr. Lane went to Brockton, Mass., when a 
young man and for 2}^ years was engaged in the meat business ; 
was widely know'n throughout the city, and was highly respected 
by all who knew him ; was an honorable, upright man, a firm 
and generous friend ; was a member of the Porter Congrega- 
tional Church, and for many years very active in its work. He 
died June 16, 1898, aged 46. 

CHILDREN OF VIORA G. AND ORSON LANE. 

Luc}- M.^. born in Leeds, Sept. 16, 1861 ; educated in tlie public 
schools of Lewiston, Me. ; resides there with her mother, and is 
now teaching in said city. 

Stephen B.^ born Sept. i, 1865, is unmarried; is in the meat 
business in Brockton, Mass. 

CHILDREN OF ROSWELL C. BOOTHBY. 

Eugene Humphrey*, born in Lewiston, Me., Oct. 19, 1863 ; 
married Miss Ida K. Simons, of Washington, D. C, Dec. 24, 
1890. They have two children, born in Boston, Roswell Eugene, 
born Jan. 18, 1893, and Marietta, born Feb. 4, 1894. He is con- 
nected with a large clothing house in Baltimore, Md. 

Vesta Tulia*, born at Easr Livermore, Nov. 2. 1865 ; died Nov, 
8. 1887. 

Sanniel Drydon\ born Oct. 9, 1874: died Aug. 9, 1895. 

Heloise Helena\ born May 5, 1883. 

CHILDREN OF EMMA L. AND WILLARD LOTHROP. 

Susan E.''. born Jan. 10, 1861 ; married Gustavus W., son of 
Giddings and Cassandra Benson Lane, of Leeds, Sept. 23, 1883 ! 
no children. 

Frank B.**, born July 12, 1862, is unmarried: is connected 
with a dry goods house in Philadelphia and has an office in Bos- 
ton, Mass., where he resides. 

Sarah Clyde*, born Aug. 6, 1879; is a graduate of Farming- 
ton, Maine, Normal School, and a teacher in Massachusetts. 

CHILDREN OF SARAH AND FRED STANFORD. 

Harold B.*, born Nov. 17, 1875; resides in Brooklyn, N. Y., 
with his parents, and connected with a large importing house in 
lv[ew York City. 

Louise A.*, born Oct. 17, 1883. 



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RAMSDELL FAMILY. 

From EdwarcU Ramsdell, who came from England in 1761, 
the Ramsdells of Leeds and many another municipahty trace their 
line of ancestry. In 1763, he married and settled in Hanson, 
Plymouth County, Mass. To them were born in that town, six 
children, four of whom married and settled there, each raising a 
family in keeping, numerically, with "ye olden time." He was 
a Revolutionary soldier with four years' service, and held the 
rank of Lieutenant during that time. In 1804, his son, Gers- 
ham-, moved from Hanson to Leeds, and with him six of his 
eight children, viz. : William^, Joshua^, Luther^, Rufus^, 
Polly^ and Sarah" and settled near the Androscoggin River on 
the farm now occupied by A. P. Russell. Of the two children 
remaining in Hanson, viz. : John^ and Gersham^, Jr., the former 
settled in New York, and the latter in New Hampshire. Ex- 
Gov. E. A. Ramsdell is a grandson of Gersham,^ Jr. Of the six 
that came to Leeds, the eldest, William^, served an apprentice- 
ship and learned the trade of carpenter. He was in the service 
of the LTnited States Army in the War of 1812, and returning 
therefrom in 1814, he married Anna Deane and settled on a farm 
adjoining that of his father, where four children were born to 
them, viz. : Zophar D.^, Augustus*, Roswell^ and Alelvina* J. 
Zopher D. married Almeda Alden, of Turner, and settled in 
Abington, Mass., in 1840. In 1848, he engaged in the manu- 
facture of boots and shoes, and in 1858, moved to Cereda, Va. 
(now West Virginia), where he established a manufactory which 
he operated until the breaking out of the Civil War, when he 
entered the L^nion service and with his company, of which he was 
Captain, joined the 5th Virginia Regiment, and was assigned to 
the commissionary department, wdiere he completed a service 
of four years and seven montlis. He was in many battles, among 
them Guyandot — the first fought in A'^irginia — Winchester,. 
Franklin, etc., and final battle of Petersburg. In civil life, he 
tv/ice was elected to the Senate of West Virginia, and for seven 
years was a special agent of the government in the Post Ofifice 
Department. He died at the age of 70 years, leaving a widow 
and four children. 

Augustus*, the second child of William^, went to Massa- 
chusetts in 1848 and for a year, was a teacher in the schools of 
that state ; at the end of which time, he engaged in business with 
his brother, Z. D. In 1856, he married Mary A. Alden, a lineal 
descendant in the fifth generation from John and Priscilla (Mul- 
len) Alden. The succeeding year he returned to Leeds and 
settled on the home farm. To them were born a daughter, who 
died in infancy, and a son, B. Roswell, who married Susie G. 
Wood, of Massachusetts, and now resides on the old homestead 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 219 

in Leeds, where he has two children, ]Mary M., and Irena W, 
Mary A. (Alden) Ramsdell, wife of Augustus*, died in 1891. 

Roswell, the third child of William", died in childhood. 

Alelvina J., his fourth child, married R. E. Wood ; settled in 
W'estport, Mass., and is the mother of ten children, six of whom 
are living. 

Joshua^, the fourth child of Gersham- and the second who 
came with him to Leeds, married and settled in Cincinnati, Ohio. 
He was a physician and master of his profession. They had 
issue five children. 

Luther^, fifth child of Gershanr, married Achsa Pratt and 
remained on the home farm. Thev had issue five children,. 
viz.: Ezra* B., Elisha* P., Martha* J., Viola* A. and A. 
Ella*. 

Ezra* B. married Lucy M., a daughter of Deacon Warren 
Howard, in 1852, and settled at North Leeds. He died in 1874, 
leaving a widow and four children ; three of whom are now liv- 
ing and with the widow reside in California. 

Elisha* P. was in the "Civil War" and died in the service. 

Alartha* J., married A. G. Lothrop ; settled in Leeds ; later- in 
]\Ionmouth and subsequently in St. Paul, Minn., where she died,, 
leaving two sons, both of whom were college graduates, and now 
reside in the West. 

Viola A., married George B. Lane ; settled in Leeds, and Iiad 
issue John, — college graduate, Justin and Kittie. Both sons 
died in early manhood ; Kittie married E. A. Russell and 
resides on the homestead of her father and grandfather. She 
has a daughter, Eula. 

A. Ella*, married B. King, and resides in 3*Ionmouth, Me. 

Rufus'\ the sixth child of Gersham-, married Hannah Draper ; 
settled in Livermore ; raised a family of five children, three of 
whom are living in this county. 

Polly'', the seventh child of Gersham, married John Thomp- 
son and had eight children, all of whom are dead. 

Sarah^, the youngest child of Gersham^, married John Berry, 
of Greene. They had issue three children, one of whom only is 
living. 

Of the descendants of Gersham-, 19 are living in Maine, 14 in 
Massachusetts, 11 in New Hampshire, 6 in New York. 7 in West 
Virginia, t in Florida, 4 in Ohio, 3 in California, 5 in Washington 
and 3 in Wisconsin (73). 



2 20 HISTORY OF LEEDS 



PARCHER FAMILY. 

Though only one Parcher family has lived in Leeds, no name 
is better known or held in higher esteem. Daniel Parcher was 
born in Saco, Maine, Alarch 25, 1784. His ancestors came from 
England to Massachusetts in the seventeenth century. His 
father, Elias Parcher, who married a Seavy, moved to Saco from 
Gloucester, Mass. Daniel Parcher went to sea several years in 
his early life, mostly in the West India trade. In 1808, he came 
to Leeds and with his brother-in-law, Robert Gould, bought the 
400-acre Stone lot upon which he settled. The country was all 
a wilderness then, the only roads being by spotted trees. 

In religion, Mr. Parcher was an active Free Will Baptist ; in 
politics a Whig until the formation of the Republican party. He 
held various town offices and was a prominent and respected 
man in the community. 

Daniel Parcher was twice married ; his first wife being Sally 
Andrews, and his second. Clara P)erry, and had a large family of 
children. 

The eldest daughter, Miranda, married Samuel Elden and 
lived in Saco ; Sewall F. studied medicine and practiced in Tur- 
ner and East Boston ; Martha married John A. True and lived in 
Livermore ; Olive married Eben True and lived in Turner. 
These four are all dead. Loring married Hannah Huntoon and 
settled on a farm in Livermore ; Aurelia married David L. Page, 
of Belgrade, in which town she still lives. By his second wife 
Mr. Parcher had five children, Loraine, Mira, Miranda, George 
and Effie C., of whom four are living. Loraine married Eliab 
.Sturtevant and died in Charlestown, Mass. ; Mira married Ward 
H. Jennings and settled in Lapeer, Michigan ; Miranda married 
Charles W. Stuart, of Belgrade ; Effie C. married George E. 
Minot, of Belgrade. 

George is the only one of these eleven children left in Leeds, 
and he owns the farm which his father cleared. He married Car- 
rie W. Norton, of Blandford, Mass., Nov. 17, 1869. She died 
March 8. 1881, leaving a daughter, Clara May, and a son. Fred 
N. Mr. Parcher in early life, taught school in Maine and 
Michigan. He has served the people of his native town as a 
member of the School Conmiittee, as Superintendent of Schools 
and as selectman :' has been a member of the House of Repre- 
sentatives ; has twice represented Androscoggin County in the 
State Senate; has long been a justice of the peace, and is now 
serving his ninth year as a member of board of county commis- 
sioners. He has been an earnest worker in the Grange, and his 
influence is always felt in whatever will advance the best inter- 
ests of his .town and county. In politics he is an active Repub- 
lican. 




DANIEL PARCHER. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 22 1 



BATES FAMILY. 



Solomon Bates moved his family from Scituate, Mass. to 
Maine, in the year 1787. Three of his sons afterwards settled in 
Leeds. 

Doubty, son of Solomon, was out with his father in the Revo- 
lution. He was an iron-smith by trade and a man of excellent 
character. He married Polly Perry and had five children : 
Charles, Polly, William, Jane and Huldah, all of whom lived in 
Leeds and were unmarried except Charles. The father died 
Jan. I, 1835. 

Charles settled on a farm near his father. He married first, 
a Miss Merrill and had one son, Lloyd, who resides in Canton, 
Mass. 

His second wife was Hannah Lindsey. They had four 
children, Orren. George, Silas and Betsey. All married except 
George, who still occupies the old homestead. 

Orren. married Tylia Lindsey and lived and died on a farm 
near his brother. He had one son, George, who is a dentist, and 
resides in Winthrop, Me. 

Silas moved to Massachusetts, where he died a few years 
since. 

Betsey resides in Detroit, Michigan. 

Levi, a ship-carpenter, settled on a farm adjoining his brother 
Doubty, on Quaker Ridge, Leeds, in 1790. He married Lydia 
Sylvester, Dec. 30, 1784. They had six children. Amy, Harvey, 
Levi, Ezekiel. Betsey and Lydia; all of w^hom married and 
resided in Leeds, except Amy, who died when quite young. 

Harvey, married Nancy G. Rand, of Monmouth, in 1824, and 
settled on a farm near Curtis Corner. He was a farmer and 
wheelwright by trade, and an esteemed citizen. He held the 
office of chairman of the Board of Selectmen for nearly twenty 
years ; was also Justice of the Peace. They had four children, 
Amy A., born Jan. 15, 1826; married Cyrenius Pettengill Jan. 
15, 1845. Cyrenius H., born June 19, 1828; married Mary A. 
Sturtevant in 1856: died Feb. 25, 1866. His widow and two 
sons who still survive him, reside in Monmouth ; James E., born 
Jan. 20, 1832: married Augusta L. Wheeler, Feb. 9, 1864; Mary 
F.. born June 28, 1834; married John Hammond, of East Liver- 
more, and died Nov. 20, 1859. His wife died Dec. 12, 1856, and 
he spent his declining years with his son, James, who still occu- 
pies the old homestead. 

Levi, born Oct. 14, 1793. a mason by trade, settled on a farm 
in the south part of Leeds. He married Hannah Bailey who 
died July 15, 1866. He was considered to be an honest. 
Christian man and died Dec. 6, 1885, at the advanced age of 92 
years. 



222 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Ezekiel, born Oct. 25, 1796; settled on his father's farm, where 
he spent the most of his hfL\ He married Sabrina, daughter of 
John Bates and had twelve children ; six of whom are still liv- 
ing. A few years before his death, which occurred April 24, 
1873, he went to live with his son, John Henry, who still resides 
in the south part of Leeds. His wife died in Greene, Me., April 
3, 1897. 

Betsey, born April 5, 1800; married Thomas Owen, a farmer, 
who lived in the south part of Leeds. They had four children, 
two of whom are still living in Monmouth. Her death occurred 
Feb. 27, 1877. Her husband survived her but few months, 
dying Aug. 31, 1877. 

Lydia, born Jime 19, 1803; died Nov. 13, 1832. 

John, son of Solomon Bates, settled on a farm near Curtis 
Corner. He married Deborah Stetson and had five children. 
Wheaton, Jason, Sibyl, Sabrina and Martin. His death occurred 
about 1840. 

Wheaton. a farmer, spent the most of his life in Leeds. He 
married first, Lydia, daughter of Levi Bates, and had one 
daughter, who now resides in Sidney. 

His second wife was Eleanor Elms, who had three children, 
all of whom are dead. His second wife died Feb. 12, 1861. His 
death occurred Jan. 20, 1880. 

Martin, married Joan Curtis and lived in Leeds a number of 
years, and later, removed to Bath, where he lived until his death. 
Two of his children came back and settled in Leeds. 

Fannie, married William Wing and resides on Quaker Ridge. 

Orlando, settled on a farm near the Methodist Church, where 
he lived until his death in the spring of 1900. He left a widow 
and a large familv of children. 



MERRILL FAMILY. 

The Merrills of Leeds trace their ancestry from Joseph\ who 
moved from Salisbury. Mass.. to New Gloucester, District of 
Maine, about 1756. He married a sister of Deacon Benjamin 
True, an account of whom may be found in the sketch of the 
True family in this work. One of their sons, Joseph. Jr., b. in 
New Gloucester, Feb. 13, 1773, m. Jane Young in 1793, who was 
b. in Hanover, Mass. They settled in Turner, where to them 
were born : 

1. Joseph, June 15, 1794; d. Sept. 20, 1796; 

2. Bethia, May 13, 1796: d. , 1859; 

*3. Charles, April 14, 1798: d. June i, 1837; 

4. Betsey, March 11, 1800; 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 223 

5. Ruth, Feb. 5. 1802; d. Aug. 6, 1881 ; 

6. Fanny, Aug. 25, 1804; d. Sept. 20, 1805; 

7. John,' Aug. 5, 1807; d. April 13, 1808; 

8. Cynthia, Jan. 14, 1809; 

9. Job, May 29, 181 1 ; 

10. Stella, Sept. 30, 1814; d. Aug. 20, 1818. 

Dec. 24, 1803, a petition to the House of Representatives was 
drawn and signed by Jabez, Seriah, Levi, Jabez, Jr., Joseph, Jabez 
T. Merrill and many more of the citizens, asking to be incorpor- 
ated by an act of General Court as a distinct religious parish by 
the name of "The First Universalist Gospel Parish in Turner." 
Joseph d. in Turner, in 1839. 

Of his children, Charles, m. in 1819, Elizabeth W., a daughter 
of Isaac and Martha (Stinchfield) Freeman, b. in Leeds, Aug. 20, 
1 80 1. They settled in Turner, but later, in 1826, removed to 
Leeds, where they spent the remainder of their lives. He was 
a sickly man several years prior to his death, which occurred, in 
Leeds, July 7, 1846. His wife was a woman of executive ability, 
and to her efforts and labor in her motherly care of the children 
were they indebted for many of the privileges they enjoyed. 
Their children were : 

Louise Elizabeth, b. in Turner, Aug. 17, 1820; d. July 22, 
1892; 

Allen Freeman, b. in Turner, Jan. 5, 1822; d. Oct. i, 1841 ; 

John Young, b. in Turner Oct. 19, 1823; d. Nov. i, 1898; 

Olive Whitman, b. in Turner, May 22, 1825 ; d. Dec. 24, 1856; 

George Bates and Sylvanus Cobb, twins, b. in Leeds, Oct. 30, 
1826; living. 

Isaac Joseph, b. in Leeds, Oct. 12, 1830. 

Of these children, 

John Young Merrill, m. Oct. 28, 1855, Nancy S. Manwell, 
who was b. in Wayne, Jan. 22, 1827. They settled in Leeds 
where their remaining years were spent. Mr. Merrill was an 
exceedingly active and industrious man, which marked his entire 
life ; even during his failing health a short time prior to his 
death, he could not be persuaded to give up work. He was an 
honest, conscientious man who commanded the confidence and 
esteem of his townsmen. When the "Prohibitory Laws" were 
first enacted, he was repeatedly elected Constable of Leeds, and 
many were the precepts he served and quantities the liquors he 
spilled. He regarded his oath of office sacred and binding, and 
never swerved from duty for the sake of friendship, nor accepted 
hush-money. His wife d. June 19, i860. They had but two 
children, viz. : 

Freeman, b. Sept. 4, 1857; d. Oct. 26, 1857; 

Edwin K.. b. Nov. 20, 1859. With the exception of a few 
years spent in Massachusetts, Edwin K. has lived in Leeds and 



2 24 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

devoted his time to farming and mill work, owning and operating 
a saw-mill on the stream near his home. From his father he 
inherits qualities of industry and drives his work before him, 
being a busy and enterprising man. 

Dec. 24, 1881, he m. Carrie W. Thomas, b. in Hanover, Mass., 
Feb. 12, 1861. They have issue: 

Carl S., b. June 4, 1883 ; 

Belva L., b. Sept. 25, 1884; 

Percy W., b. April 5, 1886; 

Lester M., b. April 18, 1894. 

Sylvanus Cobb Alerrill, for many years, was a resident of 
Leeds and lived near his brother, John Y. Oct. 14, 1855, he m. 
Rosina Man well, a sister to his brother's wife. She was born in 
Wayne, Alarch 4, 1834; d. in Leeds, Oct. 15, 1865. Their 
children were : 

Louisa Elizabeth, b. Jan. 2^, 1857; d. Aug. 15, 1882; 

Zelinda Ann., b. June 10, 1862 ; 

Burt, b. April 2, 1864; m. Clara Richardson Cary, Nov. 26, 
1884, who was b. in Turner, June 17, 1869. They reside in 
Auburn, Me., and have had two children: Cora Evelyn, b. Dec. 
9, 1885 ; and John Maurice, b. Nov. 26. 1884; d. May 22, 1897. 

Sylvanus C, m. second, Eliza Adelaide Rose, of Leeds, June 
21, 1873. Their children are: 

Rosina, b. March 22, 1874; 

Freeman, b. Nov. 2"], 1875 ; 

Irving, b. June 22, 1879; 

Nellie, b. April 26, 1884. 

Their residence is North Abington, Mass. 

Zelinda Ann. a daughter of Sylvanus C, m. Feb. 18, 1883, 
Arthur W. Studley, b. in Hanover, Mass., July 14, 1861. Their 
children are: Arthur Irving, b. Aug. 15, 1884; Ethel Louise, b. 
Dec. 2. 1888. Their residence is Hanover, Mass. 

Isaac Joseph, m. May 18, 1864, Lydia White, b. in Hanover, 
Dec. 26, i8t2. No issue. Residence, Hanover, Mass. 



HANSCOM FAMILY. 

Matthias Hanscom was born in Scarborough, Me., in the year 
1 8 12. When a small child his parents moved from that town to 
Monmouth, and settled in that portion of it now included in the 
limits of Wales. In 1837, he purchased land near Keen's Corner, 
in Leeds, and a few years later erected a set of buildings thereon, 
where he continued his residence until his decease. About 
the year 1839, he married Florence Keen. He was a carpenter 
by trade, and followed that occupation during the major part of 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 225 

his life; being able to work until a few years preceding his death,, 
which occurred Feb. 14, 1887, aged 75 years. His wife's death 
was in 1872. They had one child, Mellen J., born in November, 
1853. He, too, was a farmer and carpenter, and has always lived 
on the home place. It is enough to say of his skill, that he was 
the master- workman, made all the marks by which the other 
workmen cut the material in the construction of the finest 
structure in Maine — "Cumston Hall," built in 1899. He received 
the commendation of the great young artist and architect, Harry 
Cochrane, to whose fame this structure has added another bright 
luminary. In Leeds and neighboring towns, many l)uildings are 
now standing which are in evidence of his handiwork. He has 
recently completed the Baptist Church, in Greene. Nov. z"], 
1877, he married Rosa V., of Poland, a daughter of Aranda and 
Diana T. (Wing) Gilbert, born in Leeds, in F'ebruary, 1855; i" 
which town her parents were also born, the father in February, 
1818, and the mother in August, 1818. She gradviated from the 
"Lewiston High School" in 1874; after which time, previous to 
her marriage, she was a teacher in the schools of Poland, and 
later, tauglit nine terms of district school at Keen's Corner, 
Leeds. Her religious faith is Universalism, and to her efforts in 
establishing meetings of that denomination at Keen's Corner 
each summer, and the building of "The L^nion Chapel" in which 
they are held, are the people in that place indebted. Nor are 
these her only acquirements ; her example and beneficence have 
been felt in many ways, all tending toward a higher and brighter 
order of manhood. 

Air. and Mrs. Hanscom l^ad issue six children, three sons and 
three daughters, namely : 

I. Arthur S., b. in August, 1880; graduated from "Edward 
Little High School," a carpenter and associated w'ith 
his father in business ; 
II. Selden L.. b. in November, 1881 ; a graduate of Edward 
Little High School," a student in architecture in the 
office of Calvin Stevens, in Portland ; 

III. Henry B., b. in April, 1884 ; a student at Westbrook 

Seminary ; 

IV. Florence L., b. in December, 1888, and 

V. Eva M., b. in January, 1893, are with their parents and 
attend the schools in Leeds ; 
VI. Ora L., b. in October. 1895 ; d. in March, 1896. 



2 26 HISTORY OP' LEEDS 



HORACE LEADEETTER AND FAMILY. 

Horace Leadbetter, the youngest son of Samuel and Betsey 
(Parcher) Leadbetter. and a grandson of Increase Leadbetter, 
who settled in Leeds in 1785, was born in Leeds, Nov. 28, 1813. 
He married Ehza Shaw, of Augusta, Me., and settled on the 
west side of Dead River about one-half mile from its mouth. 
Their children were: Wallace R., Charles H., \"alencia, Lorenzo. 
Arthur and Jesse. The two daughters died in their youth and 
were buried at North Leeds, as were their paternal grand and 
great-grandparents. Wallace R. was educated in the common 
and high schools of Leeds and at Monmouth Academy. He was 
a teacher in the schools of his native and neighboring towns, and 
occupied a place on the school board of Leeds. He married Trene 
Nichols, of East Monmouth, and settled in Stockton. California, 
where he has been a successful teacher, school supervisor and held 
many positions of responsibility and trust. He has a beautiful 
liome in town, and eight miles out, a large ranch. To them has 
been born two daughters and a son. The latter died in Colo- 
rado ; and the daughters, Flora and Anita, are both successful 
'fteachers in Stockton. 

Charles H., the second son of Horace, married Annie Cum- 
niings, of Macon, Ga. Their residence is in the state of Wash- 
ington, where he is engaged in the publication of books. They 
have five children. 

Lorenzo, the third son, m.arried Hattie, a daughter of Rev. 
W. H. Foster, a native of Leeds, now residing at Livermore 
Falls. For a time, after their marriage, they remained in this 
town, on the old Foster farm, but subsequently removed to Cali- 
fornia where he has been connected in the ranching business. 
They have no children. 

Arthur, the youngest son of Horace, died in Stockton when 
a young man. His death vv^as a great blow to his aged parents 
who had left their old home in Leeds, to make one with him on 
the Pacific coast. From a paper printed in 1886, we quote: 
"Mrs. Eliza D., wife of Mr. Horace Leadbetter, formerly of 
Leeds, died in Stockton, California, at the residence of her son, 
Hon. W. R. Leadbetter, Jan. 6, 1886, aged 70 years. She was 
in the yard, when she fell, and died soon after being carried into 
the house. She had been in failing health since the death of her 
son Arthur, which occurred a few months ago." June 12, 1891, 
Horace Leadbetter died in Stockton, at the residence of his eldest 
son, Hon. W. R. Leadbetter, aged 'j'j years. 

Mr. Leadbetter was long a resident of Leeds, and although 
much attached to his California home, he had a great love for his 
native State, to which he and his wife made frequent visits and 
-were heartilv welcomed bv their manv friends. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 22/ 



TRUE FAMILY. 

Few have been the people in Leeds who bore the name True ; 
jet, in neighboring towns the name is a common one. He from 
whom the True famiHes in Maine trace their hue of ancestry was 
Henry \, who came to this country early in the sixteenth cen- 
tury. The generations in a direct line to the parent who came to 
^Nlaine are Henry\ Henry-, Jabez^, Jabez*. The last named lived 
in Salisbury, Alass., where he married and where part of his 
children were born. (His father was b. in Salisbury, Feb. 19, 
1683.) He removed to New Gloucester, District of Maine, about 
1756. and settled near Gloucester Lower Corner. His son, Ben- 
jamin, was born in Salisbury, Mass., Jan. 10, 1742. He came to 
Maine with the family, and at North Yarmouth, Me., Dec. 15, 
1762, married Rhoda, a daughter of Deacon Daniel Merrill. 
Sarah, a daughter, and sister of Benjamin, was b. in Salisbury in 

1744. She married in New Gloucester, Paul, and at the 

age of 21 years was a widow and the mother of a son, Marsh- 
field Paul. Dec. 17, 1768, she m. Thomas Stinchfield in New 
Gloucester, wdio was b. in Gloucester, Mass., Dec. 29, 1747. To 
them were b. in that town, Thomas, Sarah, James, Martha, Sam- 
uel, John. June 10, 1780, Thomas Stinchfield removed to what 
is now Leeds, and Sarah, his wife, was the first white woman 
known to have made a foot-print on the soil of Leeds. Dec. 11, 
of that year, a daughter, Rebecca, w^as born who was the first 
white child b. in Leeds. Sarah d. Nov. 18, 1791, and rests on 
the farm to wdiich she came eleven years before. In May, 1780, 
among whom were Deacon Daniel Merrill and Deacon Benjamin 
True, as he v/as then called, moved from New^ Gloucester, and 
settled in Sylvester township (Turner). Turner was incorpor- 
ated the forty-seventh town July 7, 1786. The first meeting was 
held March 6, 1787, in which Deacon Benjamin True was elected 
to the offices of clerk and selectman, in which positions he 
ofificiated for a term of years. In 1789, in company wdth others, 
he procured land in Auburn, made improvements thereon and 
later sold to parties in New Gloucester and removed to Liver- 
more, where he died in 1814. "Deacon Benjamin True was a 
man of genuine ostentatious piety, gentleness and humility. His 
candor and liberality upon all subjects of religious controversy, 
softened the asperities and conmianded the respect of all who 
came within the influence of his example." 

The children of Deacon Benjamin and Rhoda (Merrill) 
True were : 

I. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 10. 1764: m. in Turner, Oct. 11, 1790, 
Nathaniel Daily, who was b. in Easton, Mass., Feb. 3, 
1765. They settled in Wayne, Me. Nine children; 



228 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

2. Mary, b. 1773; m. Feb. 19, 1794, Major Joseph .\iills ; moved 

to Livermore about 1783; later to Farmersville, N. Y., 
and d. in Hudson, N. Y., in i860. Seven children; 

3. Sarah (birth not given), m. Capt. Samuel Pompilly, of Tur- 

ner, Oct. 18, 1792, and resided in that town. She d. in 
Wayne, Me. (date not given). Eleven children; 

4. Giles, b. 1776; m. first, April 18, 1802, Xoa, a daughter of 

Doctor Daniel Childs, of Turner. He m. second, in New 
York, Betsey , who d. Nov. 26, 1852. His resi- 
dence was Villenora, N. Y. Nine children ; 

5. Martha, b. 1777; ni. Simeon, a son of Wait Bradford, of 

Turner. He was b. 1770; was a carpenter; his residence, 
Farmersville, N. Y. She d. in Wayne, Me., May 21, 183 1. 
Seven children ; 

6. Jabez, b. 1778; m. 1807, Eliza Shepherdson Allen, of Leeds, 

Me. He was of the U. S. ^Marine ; d. March 27, 1813. 
Four children ; 

7. Benjamin, Jr., b. in Livermore, Me., Jan. 13, 1784; m. July 

31, 1806, Abigail Staples, who was b. in Turner, Me., Dec. 
3, 1785; d. in Leeds, Me., Feb. 4, 1843. He d. in Leeds, 
Feb. 19, 1849. Three children ; 

8. Rhoda, b. June 6, 1788; m. 1805; Alpheus, a son of Obed 

Wing, and settled in Wayne, Me. ; d. in Turner, Feb. 23, 
1817. Five children ; 

9. Jane, b. Dec. 22, 1792; m. 1813, Obed, a son of Obed Wing, 

of Wayne, where she spent her remaining years on the 
Wing homestead in that town; dying May 15, 1863. 
Five children. 

Benjamin True, Jr., whose numerical place in the list of 
children of Deacon Benjamin is seven, came to West Leeds in 
1824 and purchased the water-power, or a part of it, and erected 
a carding mill thereon, which, in company with his son, they 
operated thirty years. His residence was on the westerly side of 
the main street of the little village of West Leeds, where he and 
his wife both died. 

Their children were a son and two daughters, viz. : 

Samuel Parsons, b. March 17, 1807; Lavania, b. March 30, 
1808; Elethea, b. Feb. 17, 1813. 

Samuel Parsons True as a boy, had only a common school 
education, which he obtained with very limited opportunities ; but 
later, entered school anew^ and fitted himself for teaching, in 
which capacity each winter, he was engaged twenty or more 
years. His official service on the school board of Leeds was 
contintious nine years. Other public positions w^ere held 
and their duties discharged by him. He was a neat, busy 
farmer, and when his time was not occupied in the school room 
or mill, he was delving from early morn. In 1855, he disposed 




D. P. TRUE. 




MRS. D. P. TRUE. 




SHORE OF ANDROSCOGGIN LAKE, FROM LEWISTON CLUB-HOUSE. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 229 

of his property in West Leeds and purchased the Capl. Samuel 
Stinchfield farm where he spent the remainder of his hfe. Nov. 
;2i, 1 84 1, he m. Ruth, a daughter of Major John Carver, of 
Leeds. To them was h. a son, Davis P., in West Leeds, May 
12, 1845. The wife and mother d. March 7, 1852. June 29, 
1853, he m. Susanna W., a daughter of Ebenezer and Mary 
(Woodbury) Stinchfield, who were both b. in Danville. Me., and 
came to Leeds in 1809. They had no issue. ^Ir. True d. Jan. 
8, 1865, and his widow Jan. 23, 1878. Their place of burial is in 
Wavne, on the road from Leeds Center to Beech Hill. 

Davis P.. the only child of S. P. and Ruth (Carver) True is 
also said to be the only male member to represent and perpetuate 
the name in the descendants of Deacon Benjamin True, his great- 
grandfather. June 10. 1874, he m. Bessie R., a daughter of Seth 
Stinchfield. She was b. in Danforth. Me., Alarch i. 1845. They 
have no issue, and with the death of Mr. True the name may 
become extinct. They reside on the home place wdiere he has 
given much time and attention to fruit culture. To this farm he 
has added the James Stinchfield place — a very desirable location 
for summer cottages, several of which he has erected and more 
have been built by other parties. 

Lavinia, the eldest daughter of Benjamin, Jr., m. David H. 
Millett, of Turner. She d^ June 21, 1843. They had no issue. 

Elethea, the other daughter of Benjamin True, Jr., m. in 
December, 1835, Davis F. Millett, of Leeds. She d. Jan. 25, 
1841. Thev had issue a son who d. when less than two vears 
old. 



GORDO X FAMILY. 

Alexander Gorden was born in Scotland and was a royalist 
soldier at the battle of Worcester, England, Sept. 3, 165 1. He 
came to Boston in 1652. and died in Exeter, N. H., in 1697. His 
•wife, Mary Lyssom, was born in Marblehead, Mass. Their son 
Thomas, born 1678; died 1761. married Elizabeth Harriman, 
born 1675; died 1720. Their son Daniel born 1704; died 1786. 
His wife, Susanna, was born in 1706; died 1786. Their son 
Ithiel died in 1828, and his wdfe, Mary Glidden, died in 1819. 
Their son Josiah, born 1755 : died 1841, married Elizabeth Smith, 
who was born in 1765 ; died in 1840. 

Their son Jonathan was born in Deerfield, N. H., Feb. 20, 
1786, and died in Wayne, Jan. 18, 1876. In 1808 he married 
Sarah Pettingill. of Leeds, who was born in Bridgewater, Mass., 
May 8, 1790: died in Gorham, Me.. Dec. 22. 1881. Their 
children : 

William Crosby, born in Chesterville, May 26, 18 10, came to 
Wayne with his parents in 1823. and Jan. i, 1837, he married 



230 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Diana Smith and settled in Leeds, where he died Sept. 27, 1884. 
They had three children, James C, born Oct. 30, 184.0; married 
Sarah E. Swift, July 5, 1893. He lived in Leeds until June i, 
1897, when he moved to Wa}-ne where he now resides. 

Asa G., born Aug. 4, 1843 ! married Alelintha G. Pettingill, of 
East Livermore, formerly of Leeds. He died Oct. 19, 1886. 

Mary Ella, born July 6, 1852; married Chandler F. Cobb, of 
Leeds, Jan. i, 1875. They now reside in Vassalboro. 

Charles Smith Gorden, born in Chesterville, July 21, 1812; 
came to Wayne with his parents in 1823 ; married Florinda 
Churchill, settled in Leeds, where he died July 8, 1883. They 
had three children : Phebe Jane, born July 2, 1845 5 rnarried Heze- 
kiah S. Gardner, of Leeds, Jan. i, 1868. They now reside in 
Massachusetts. 

Charles Wallace, born Jan. 15, 1849; married Annie Burrill, 
of Milford, Mass., Jan. i, 1885; reside in Leeds, where he was 
born. 

Lydia Ann, born Nov. 11, 1850; married Herbert L. Millett, 
of Leeds, in 1871, where they now reside. 

Greenwood C. Gorden, born in Chesterville. Feb. 7, 1815; 
came to Wayne in 1823 ; married Hannah Stinchfield, of Leeds, 
in 1840; settled in East Livermore, where he lived some years, 
then moved to Wayne, and in 1852 moved to Leeds, where they 
now reside, at the good old age of 86 years. They had four 
children, Hezekiah S., born in East Leeds, Dec. 21, 1842; John 
Allen, born in Wayne, June 12, 1846; married Adelia C. Hartt, 
of New Brunswick, in 1890 ; now resides with his father, in 
Leeds. 

Henry G., born in Wayne, April 19, 1848; married Carrie 
Peaslee, of New Hampshire, Jan. i, 1885; reside in Wayne. 
Hannah Viola, born in Wavne, October, 1851 ; married Rev. 
William R. Millett, in May, "1871. He died in 1875. She died 
in February, 1896. 

Joseph Pettingill Gordon, born Oct. 20, 1819; died March 
27, 1876; 

Jonathan Glidden Gordon, born June 22, 1822 ; died Jan. 10, 
1901 ; 

Oliver Cobb Gordon, born Feb. 21, 1825; 

Jeremiah Gordon, born Aug. 18, 1827; 

Sarah Ann Gordon, born Feb. 7, 1830; 

Mary Jane Gordon, born Sept. 22, 1822; died Feb. 21, 1868- 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 2^1 



OTHER FAMILIES. 



It is a matter of regret that many of the early famihes have 
failed to furnish data and thus far received no special mention. 
Want of interest or other causes, possibly, reflections on some 
members of the committee whose duty it was to furnish the data 
for this work is the only legitimate reason that can be assignees. 
None within the knowledge of the writer have failed of an invi- 
tation to contribute family matter. Incomplete as must appear 
the partial list of families of whom the writer has only a meager, 
oral knowledge or tradition follow ; better so than omitted ! 



FISH FAMILY. 

In the order of settlement of Littleborough by families, 
second to those of Thomas and Rogers Stinchfield was that of 
Jirah Fish. From Xew Gloucester he came in the fall of 1780. 
Flis log house was built on the southern bank of Dead River 
very near — a few rods southeasterly of where the mill of C. H. 
White & Son now stands. He had a family of several children 
when he came to the Plantation, and one more born therein. 
Seth. his son. was the second white male child born in what is 
now Leeds. Later he built a frame house on the east side of 
w+iat is now a highway — on the hill a little distant and northerly 
from the cemetery which has ever borne the name of Fish-bury- 
ing-ground. Several of his sons were carpenters, and many of 
the earlv buildings in Leeds were built by them. Most of them 
married, settled in town and reared families, some of whose 
descendants remain here still. Two of them settled on the west- 
erly side of the hill that was early designated Fish Hill. 

Hirah. the youngest son, remained on the homestead where 
he was living about fiftv years ago, and is remembered as a 
slaughterer of hogs. This brings to mind an incident which 
occurred in the very early boyhood of the writer. About 1847, 
to procure the services of Mr. Fish to slaughter the winter store 
of meats, permitted to accompany his father on this errand, it 
was necessary to cross Dead River. This was accomplished by 
passing over a float-bridge composed of logs and poles and 
between which the water gushed up and wet the horse as he 
stepped on them. Farther on, very nearly where the buildings of 
George Burnham are now situated, we came to a barn wath large 
doorways on either side and minus floors. Directly through this 
the road ran and through it went we also. A gentleman from 
Farmington, who, about that time, had occasion to pass that 
wav, on arriving at Lothrop's Corner a little farther on, where he 
visited a shop which had black, board, wnndow-blinds and other- 



232 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

wise peculiarly jjainted, after imbibing freely therein of Mr. 
Graffam's noted ardent with porwigles (PolHwogs) from the 
little pond just back of it. spoke thus: "I have just seen the three 
great wonders of the world ! — a bridge under water, — a road 
through a barn and a grogery in a pall-house." 



BURN HAM FAMILY. 

Among the early settlers was Abner Burnham. Little has 
been learned of his ancestry or nationality. He had two or 
more sons, Daniel and John. They w^ere hardy and prolific, and 
many are their descendants. Azel and Abner Burnham, Jr., may 
have been sons of Abner, Sen., but, be that as it may, they con- 
tributed liberally to the numerous family who have since resided 
in Leeds and other Maine towns. In the late Civil War the 
Burnham family was represented as fully, perhaps, as any in the 
town. They first settled in that part of the Plantation called 
Pine Plains, and there many of them have continued their resi- 
dence since. Of names and dates we are ignorant, and incom- 
plete as this sketch is, here it is left for want of data. 



FROST FAMILY. 

Early in the century, among the names of heads of families 
occur those of Oliver P. and Joseph Frost. They lived in 
the west part of the town many years where they reared fami- 
lies. P'ew, if any of the name, are now remaining. Very early 
Oliver P. had a blacksmith shop at West Leeds, which was the 
second one located in the town. 



GRANT FAMILY. 

Effort has been made to obtain a detailed account of this fam- 
ily who is now well represented in the town. No other legiti- 
mate reason can be assigned for its absence, than indifference or 
want of interest. Benjamin was the first to bear the name in 
Leeds, where he spent most of his years and reared a family of 
children. He was a soldier in the War of 1812; was a hardy, 
robust, industrious farmer. We have no knowledge of the place 
of his nativity nor the time of coming to Leeds. His place 
of settlement and residence was on the west side of Fish Bogg, 
where the buildings of his son, Amos, were recently burned. 
Among his children were Benjamin, Stephen, Sarah. Josiah, Mar- 
tha, Perrv, .\mos and, perhaps, others. Benjamin m. a Miss 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 233 

Philips ; settled on the Phillips place, easterly from North Tur- 
ner ijridge ; no issue ; 

Stephen m. Columbia, a daughter of Seth and Abigail (Car- 
ver) Fish; settled near his father, where he has since erected a 
new set of buildings and now resides. They had issue three 
children, Joshua, Flora and Charles. Mr. Grant m. later, a 
Mrs. Smith whose maiden name was Fish — a niece of his first 
wafe. They have no issue. Mr. Grant has been an industrious 
farmer. He was also a stone mason, and in former years 
worked much of his unemployed time on the farm at that busi- 
ness. Josiah m. Rebecca Rose and settled on the opposite side of 
the road from his present residence. They have one child, Her- 
bert, who married Addie Smith, a daughter of the present Mrs. 
Stephen Grant. They have two children, Fred and Myrtle. 
They, in turn, are married and have issue. Sarah m. a Mr. 
Ludden. Martha m. Charles Peare and lived at West Feeds. 
They had two daughters. Perry m. Caroline, a daughter of John 
Dyer Millett. They had issue. Later his wife died, and he 
again married and resides at West Leeds, where he has several 
years been in trade, in the meantime holding the office of post- 
master until a recent date. 

Amos m. Libby (?) and lived on the homestead of his 

father. The care of his parents fell to his lot, whicli service was 
kindly and faithfully rendered. His mother lived nearly a cen- 
tury of years, and for a long time prior to her death was a blind 
and helpless invalid. A few years since, the buildings were 
consumed by fire. Sickness and other misfortunes have been of 
frequent occurrence; vet. ^^r. Grant and his family have enditred 
them with patience and fortitvide. 



LIXCOLN FAMILY. 

Rufus Lincoln came from Bridgewater to Leeds and settled 
north of Lothrop's Corner, on the Ridge Road. He is said to 
have been a distant relative of Abraham, whose early occupation 
was rail-splitting, and who later became better known as Presi- 
dent of the United States. In one particular did they resemble 
each other — in witty sayings. He was a moulder by trade, at 
which he worked in early life in Bridgewater. He came to Leeds 
later than many families and knew less about farming until he 
learned it in this town. In later years he removed to the north- 
eastern part of Leeds to a little hill easterly of North Leeds rail- 
road station, which still bears the name of Lincoln Hill. He 
reared a family there, most of whom went to Massachusetts, 
while one, Salome, m. Micajah Dunham; settled in Vassalboro : 
no issue; another, Hannah, m. Ebenezer Stinchfield ; settled in 



2 34 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Leeds ; liaci issue Lewis Delmar and Ebenezer ; m. second, Benja- 
min Swain ; settled in Wayne ; removed to Brockton, where 
they both died; still another, William C, m. Mahala Bishop, 
of Leeds ; settled on the home place ; had issue three sons, Ellis 
L., Norris K. and Charles D. ; and later, moved to Wayne where 
they had Gertrude, Harry and Irving D., and where they all 
reside and all but one have families. 



SUMNER FAMILY. 

Houghton Sumner, born in Plymouth, Vermont, March 30,- 
1783, moved to Scituate, Mass., where he married in June, 1805, 
Mary Rogers. Born to them in that town, were Mary H., Sept. 
22. 1806; Hannah T., May 4. 1807; after which, in the spring 
of 1808, they removed to Leeds, Me., and settled on the east side 
of Quaker Ridge where Houghton B. Sumner now resides. Born 
to them in Leeds, were Albert W., March 31, 1810: Caleb R., 
Oct. 15, 1813; Rachael D., Feb. 14, 1815 ; Ruth C, Oct. 18. 1817; 
Elvira A., Oct. 11, 1819; Louisa J.. Aug. 18, 1821 ; Augusta W., 
July 6, 1826; Levi C, May 27, 1829; (Houghton B.) (>) 

Houghton Sumner died in Leeds, Aug. 28, 1862 ; 

Alary (Rogers) Sumner, died in Leeds, May 10, 1865; 

Caleb R. Sumner, died in Leeds, June 9, 1858. 

An unsuccessful effort has been made to 'obtain an extended 
account of this family. 



GREENWOOD FAMILY. 

Closes Greenwood, of Keene, N. H., whose wife Asenath Hill, 
had six children ; one of whom, a son, Moses, came to Leeds in 
183 1. He m. Serena Deane Willis, of Newton, Mass. Their 
children were : George B., Lovice Jane, Rachael B., Clara C. and 
S. Ada. Moses Greenwood's wife died in 185 1 and in 1853, he 
married Alehitable Chute, of Wilton, Me. His son, George 
Bradford, married Sarah Gould, of Leeds ; issue one child, Nellie ; 

Lovice J. married first, Oberon Coolidge ; issue one son, 
Willis ; m. second, Rutellius Coolidge ; issue George, Clara, Lillie 
and Tillie ; 

Rachael B. married W. .S. Knapp ; issue one son, Willis: 

Clara C. married Charles A. Lovojey; issue two children, 
Arthur and Minnie ; 

S. Ada married Russel L. Gould ; issue Willis E., John C, 
Alice May and Moses G. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 235 

CARVER FAMILY. 

In 1779, two families, those of Deacon Elijah Livermore and 
Major Fish, settled near the central part of what is now the 
town of Livermore, ]\Ie. The next year. Airs. William Carver 
and two other families, whose names were Josiah Wyer and 
Elisha Smith, settled near them. A claim has been made, that 
this Carver family is the same from whom the Leeds 
Carvers trace their descent. This may arise from the fact 
that nearly one-third part of the land now contained within the 
boundary lines of Leeds was formerly a portion of Livermore ; 
and further, that the old Carver homestead of the Leeds family, 
the farm now occupied by Chessman D. Gould is in that part of 
the town that formerly was a portion of Livermore. In Bridge- 
water, Mass., a family who bore the name resided in the year 
1774; a member of whom, Eunice, married in that year, Joseph 
Knapp, Jr., w^ho removed to what is now Leeds in the year 1791, 
and settled on the farm now owned by the town. Other known 
members of that family were, the mother, whose maiden name 
was Edison, a daughter L'rsola, who spent a single life, and a son, 
Elezer, who was a Baptist minister. Tradition says, that the 
daughter and son, with their mother, removed to Woodstock, 
Vt. The son having m. Nancy Jones Sept. 16, I7<S7, to whom 
several children were born, in the year 1800, they all removed to 
Leeds, where they settled on the aforementioned farm of C. D. 
Gould, and thus became neighbors of Eunice and her family. Few 
of the early settlers were burdened with wealth, and this family 
was of the many. From Hallowell, to which place they came in 
a packet, their entire belongings w'ere conveyed to Leeds in a 
hand cart. The children of Elezer and Xancy (Jones) Carver 
were William, b. Dec. 16, 1787; Elezer, b. April 26, 1790; Nancy, 
b. July 31, 1791 ; John, b. March 26, 1794; Betsey, b. Aug. 3, 
1796; Caleb, b. June 7, 1800; Abigail, b. Aug. 18, 1802; Ursula, 
b. Feb. 2^^, 1805; Mary, b. Feb. 13, 1808. 

1. W^illiam, m. Jane Smith; settled on the east bank of Dead 

River in Leeds, nearly opposite the town farm buildings ; 
had a family of cliildren, namely : Chandler, Annie, 

Allura, William ; m. second, ; and had one child, 

Elezer ; later removed to Milo, Me., where he died ; 

2. Elezer, m. Hannah Stinchfield April 7, 1816, who was b. in 

Leeds, Dec. 4, 1793. They settled a short distance north- 
erlv of his brother William, where they afterward lived 
and died, Elezer Dec. 4, 1856, and his widow, Jan. 18, 
1872. Their place of burial is in the Robert Gould Cem- 
eterv at North Leeds. Thev had issue Betsev, b. Nov. 
8, '1816: Jason, b. April' 13, 1818; Mary A., b. 
Aug. 27, 1819; Thomas S., b. March 29, 1821 ; 



236 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Arvilla A., b. July 17, 1822; Hannah and another, twins, 
b. Dec. 12, 1824; Nancy, b. Dec. 12, 1825; Alice, b. March 
19, 1827; Isaac S., b. May 20, 1829; John, b. June 22, 
1830; James, b. March 15, 1834. 

Of the above children of Elezer, Betsey m. Pelatiah 
Libby ; settled near Curtis Corner, Leeds, where sTie reared 
a large family and died. 

Jason m. Mary Libby, a sister of Pelatiah ; settled on 
the old Stinchfield homestead, in Leeds ; reared a family 
of three daughters and a son, namely: Hannah (Mrs. 
Charles Martin, of California,) ; Thirza A. (Mrs. Seth 
Fish); Ruphina ( Mr^-. Edgecom), and John E. After 
the death of his wife, having then been in the Civil War, 
he spent some years in California. He later returned ; 
m. Mrs. Wm. Curtis, and died in Leeds. 

Mary Ann m. Elbridge Knowlton, of Damariscotta, 
Me. ; spent some years in that town and in Leeds, later 
lived in Philadelphia, but subsequently returned to 
Leeds. Mr. Knowlton went to California and never 
returned. They had a daughter, Clara (Mrs. Jerome 
Ridley, of Wayne). 

Thomas S. m. Elizabeth Nichols, and after a time 
purchased the farm where he was born and raised. To 
this place he added a portion of the George Gould estate 
and also the Eben Libby farm, together constituting one 
of the most extensive in town. After a term of years 
his wife died, and leaving his son to care for the farm, 
he m. Nora Parsons, and lived the remainder of his life at 
Leeds Center. His children were Viora, Henry and 
Warren ; 

Arvilla. m. Phineus Neal, and lived in Livermore. 
They had a family, but their names are not familiar to 
the writer. 

Of Hannah, Nancy and Alice we have no knowledge 
— think they died young. 

Isaac S., when a young man, went to California where 
he lived many years, and later, spent some time in South 

America. There he m. , whom he brought 

to his native town, and settled where he now resides. 
They have a son and daughter ; 

John, m. Mary Taylor; lived for a time on the home 
farm ; later removed to Wayne, where his widow and 
several of his large family of children reside ; 

James, m. Mary Fish, of Leeds, in which town they 
have resided most of their lives ; at present, living near 
North Turner Bridge. James was a soldier in the late 
Civil War. They have a large family of children, whose 
names we are unable to recall. 



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Nancy, m. Joshua Campbell ; settled in Livermore ; had issue 
Horatio, Calvin and Rosina, and perhaps others. 

John, m. Jennett Treat b. in Woodstock, Vt., in Sept. 1796, 
who d. in Leeds June i, 1842. He d. in Hallowell, Me., 
Nov. 26, 1876. They settled in Leeds near his older 
brothers, where a large family of children w^ere b. to 
them. He later m. Mrs. Alartha Smith, by whom he 
had three children. A few years subsequent to his last 
marriage he purchased the James Stinchfield, Jr., place, 
near the lake, which he occupied several years ; later 
removing' to the western part of the town, in the Deane 
neighborhood. He was a major in the State militia. 
The children of his first wife were : 

1. Ruth, b. ; m. Samuel P. True; one child, 

D. P. True; 

2. Elezer, b. ; m. ; 10 children; 

3. Melvin, b. ; m. ; 8 children; Elezer 

and Melvin settled in Canton, ]\Ie. Among 
their many sons, most w^ere professional or 
active business men. 
Bethiah, b. ; m. ; 2 children; 



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Jane, b. ]May 14, 1823 ; m. Calvin Campbell ; 8 
children, namely: Horace L., b. May 2, 1849; 
John L., b. July'15, 1850; Rose, b. ALar. 8, 1853; 
Nancy J., b. Oct. 26, 1856; Eldon R., b. June 
10, i8s8; Callie P.. b. T"lv 16, 1861 ; Emma J., 
b. Dec. 10. 1864; Bellie, b. Sept. 11, 1868. 
Nancy J., Eldon R., Callie P. and Bellie are 
dead. 

John, d. in boyhood ; 

Eliza, b. ; m. Charles Towle ; 6 children; 

Jennett, b. ; m. Thos. Harlow; 6 children; 

Emily, b. ; d. Avhen a young lady ; 

Abigail, b. ; m. ; 2 children; 

Mary, b. ; m. ; 4 children ; 

Alice, b. ; m. ; 6 children. 

Esther A., b. ; m. ; no issue. 

Children by his second wife : 

George, b. ; m. ; 

B. Franklin, b. — 

Harriet B., b. 



; m. 
m. - 



5. Betsey, m. 

6. Caleb, m. ist. Bertha Harvey, Apr. 31, 1819; no issue; m. 

2d, Augusta Copeland, Nov. 26, 1820. They settled 
first on the old Carver homestead, but later on tlie place 
now occupied by a grandson, Everett L. Carver. Mr.- 



23S HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Carver was colonel of a regiment of State IMilitia, by 
which title he was best known. Their children were : 

1. Everett, b. July 14. 1821 ; m. Julia A. Baldwin, 

Jan. I, 1846; issue Julia Augusta, b. July 4, 
1850; Everett Lowell, b. Dec. 2}^, 1852; Wallace 
Elwood, b. June 24, 1863 ; 

2. Augusta, b. Aug. 6, 1822; 

3. Louisa, b. Jan. 20, 1824; 

4. Russell, b. Oct. 15. 1825; 

5. Lloyd, b. Sept. i. 1827; 

6. Lowell; 7. Aurora; 8. Granville; 9, Cordelia; 10, 

Nancy, and 11, Copeland. 

7. Abigail, m. Seth Fish, and settled on the west side of the 

Fish Bog, in Leeds, where they spent their remaining 
years. By a former wife, Mr. Fish had issue Lyllis, 
Samuel, Sally and Hira ; and the fruit of his marriage 
with Abigail ; Silas, Lovina, Columbia, Abigail, Mary, 
Seth and Willard. Of these latter children, Silas had 
his name changed to Morris ; m. Susan Millett. and 
reared a large family of children ; 

Lovina. m. Hartley Gray ; no issue ; Mary, m. James 
Carver ; resides in Leeds ; a large family of cffildren ; 
Seth. m. Thirza A. Carver; resides on the homestead of 
his father ; has issue one son, Charles, who m. Hannah 
Ridley, of Wayne, in which town they reside ; Willard 
went west when a young man and nothing further of him 
is known to the writer. 

8. L^rsula ; no knowledge of ; 

9. Mary, m. Joseph Frost ; settled in West Leeds. They had 

issue several children ; but for want of information we 
are unable to further mention them. 



WOODMAN FAMILY. 

The progenitor of the Leeds branch of the Woodman family 
was Edward\ who, it is said, came from Southamp- 
ton in the ship James, of London, in the year 1635, and settled 
in the town of Newbury, Mass., or at least, such is the account 
of his brother x\rchelaus, who came at same time and settled in 
the same place. (Mass. Historical Society, Vol. VH., page 319.) 
His wife, Joanna, accompanied him to the New World. He is 
said to have been born in Corsham, a village in Wiltshire, within 
a few miles of Christian Malford. Of the 91 grantees who 
settled Newbury. Mass.. 15 were entitled to appellation of "Mr." 
One of these 15 was Edward \\^:)odman. He was a man of 
influence, decision and energv. and had the zeal and courage to 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 239 

defend his own conviction in both Church and State. jNIr. 
Woodman early entered the official arena soon after his arrival 
in Newbury, for in 1636, '2,7, '39 and 43 he was a deputy to the 
General Court, and in 1638, 41, 45 and 46 he was one of three 
commissioners to end small causes in Newbury, and at various 
times held other offices of profit and trust in the town and 
State. Both he and his wife were living in 1687, but his death 
occurred prior to 1694, at v.'hich date his will was entered for 
probate. The date of his birth is unknown to the writer. 
His children were : 

1. Edward-, b. — , 1628; m. Mary Goodridge, Dec. 20, 

1653- 

2. John-, b. — , 1630; m. Mary Field, July 15, 1656; both 
b. previous to coming to this country ; 

3. Joshua-, b. — ,1636; m. Elizabeth Stevens, Jan. 23, 1666; 
d. 1714; 

4. Mary-, b. — ; m. John Brown, Feb. 20, 1660; 

5. Sarah-', b. Jan. 12. 1642; m. John Kent, Mar. 12, 1666; 

6. Jonathan'-, b. Nov. 8. 1643: m. Hannah Hilton, Julv 2, 
1668; 

7. Ruth-, b. ]vlar. 28, 1646; m. Benjamin Lowle, Oct. 17, 
1666. 

Joshua'-, the third child of Edward^ was, as per his grave- 
stone inscription, the first man child born in Newbury. He 
took the oath of allegiance in 1678. He married Elizabeth, 
daughter of Capt. John Stevens, one of the first settlers of 
Andover, Mass.. Jan. 23, 1665. He lived first in Andover and 
later in Newbury. The inscription on his tombstone is as fol- 
lows : "Here lies ye body of Mr. Joshua Woodman, who died 
May ye 3th 1703, aged 67 years : first man child borne in New- 
bury, & second inturid in this place." 

Their children were : 

1. Elizabeth", b. Feb. 6, 1667; m. Daniel Tenney, of 

Rowley, June 5, 1712; 

2. Dorothy^, b. Nov. 13. 1669; m. John Thurston, 

May 17, 1732: 

3. Joshua-', b. Apr. 12, 1672 ; m. Mehetable Wicomb, 

Dec. 15. 1703; 

4. Jonathan'^, b. Apr. i, 1674; m. Sarah jMighill, June 

24, 1700; 

5. A son^, b. June 30. 1676; d. in infancy; 

6. ]\Iehetable''. b. Sept. 20, 1677: Phillip Goodridge, 

Apr. 16, 1700; 

7. David^, b. July 30, 1680; m. Dorothy iMoody, Nov. 

30. 1710; 

8. Benjamin", b. July 27, 1683: was the father of 

three brothers who settled 'in Buxton. Me., who 
will be further mentioned. 



240 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

9. Sarah^, b. July 2^, 1683; d. Apr. 11, 1712, unmar- 
ried ; 
10. Mary^, b. Apr. 9, 1690; m. James Wheeler, May 
7, 1709. 
Of the above, Benjamin was born in Andover, July 27, 1683. 
He married, March i, 171 1, Elizabeth Longfellow, who was 
born July 3, 1688. Her father was William Longfellow, the 
only one of the name who came to America, and who was born 
in Hampshire, Eng., in 1651. "He was a man of talents and 
education, wrote an elegant hand, but was not so much of a 
Puritan as some others. He married Annie Sewall, sister of 
Judge Samuel Sewall and dau. of old Henry Sewall. He 
enlisted as an Ensign in the ill-fated expedition to Canada, and 
was drowned at Anticosti in Oct., 1690, when his dau., Eliz- 
abeth was a little over two years old." The poet Longfellow is 
a descendant of Stephen, a brother of Elizabeth, the wife of 
Benj. Woodman. Mr. Woodman was a tanner at Newbury 
Falls. The children of Benj. Woodman were: 

1. Ann*, b. Mar. i, 1712; m. Benj. Pettingill, May 20, 1742; 

2. Sarah*, b. Sept. 22, 1713; m. Benj. Plummer, Feb. 17, 
1736-7; 

3. Joseph*, b. Alay 31, 1715; m. Catherine Smith in 1739,' 
settled in Buxton, Me. ; 

4. Benj.*, b. Dec. 19, 1718; marriage uncertain. 

5. Joshua*, b. Jan. 22, 1720; m. in Biddeford, May 25, 1749; 
settled in Buxton, Me. 

6. David* and Jonathan*, b. Feb. 24, 1722, were twins. David 
m. ■Mary Adams, Jan. 22, 1749; settled in Portland, Me. 

7. Jonathan* is not known to have married. 

8. Nathan*, b. June 26, 1726; settled in Buxton, Me.; 
receives further mention. 

9. Stephen*, b. Feb. 23, 1728; m. Esther Weeks, Sept. 20, 
1752; settled in Portland, Me. 

Of the above children of Benj. and Elizabeth (Longfellow) 
Woodman, Nathan*, b. in Newbury, June 26, 1726; m. Olive 
Gray of Biddeford, Dec. 28, 1749. She was b. Feb.- 6, 1730-1. 
Her parents were John Cary, Esq., wdio was the commander of 
Fort ]\Iary, 1720, and his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Tarbox of Win- 
ter Harbor. Nathan enlisted in the Revolutionary Army, May 
3. 1775, in the company commanded by Capt. Jeremiah Hill. 
He afterwards served as corporal in the company of Capt. 
Daniel Lane, from Jan. i, 1777, to Jan. 2, 1780, upon the quota 
of Topsfield. To them were b. in Newbury, Mass., four chil- 
dren, and the others in Buxton, who were : 

1. John^ b. Oct. 4, 1750; bapt. Dec. 23, 1750; 

2. Elizabeth^, bapt. Feb. 23, 1752 ; m. Jonathan Gil- 

man, Oct. 12, 1780; m. 2d, Clement Meservey, 




BENJAMIN WOODMAN. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 24 1 

3. Benjamin", bapt. Feb. 17, 1754; furtber mentioned. 

4. Olive"', bapt. Feb. i, 1756; m. Josepb Chase, of 

Saco, Sept. 5, 1776; m. 2d. Josiah Black, of 
Limington ; 

5. Sewall% bapt. Aug. 20, 1758; d. 1774; 

6. Susan'^, d. young, 1774; 

7. Amos-"', lived to grow up ; d. when a young man ; 

8. Moses\ bapt. Mar. 2, 1776; 

9. Nathan", was a Revolutionary soldier ; was a 

sailor; 
10. Shuball'', the }oungest child, was b. .Sept. 1, 1772. 
( )f the above children of Nathan*, Benjamin"', the third child, 
m. Sally Bryant, Sept. 27, 1781. She was a cousin of Olive 
Bryant, who m. Ephrainr', son of Joshua Woodman. Mr. 
Woodman was a Revolutionary soldier and pensioner. He set- 
tled and reared his family in Saco, Me., near the residence of his 
cousin Ephraim in Buxton. In 1812, he removed from Saco to 
Leeds, where he settled in the northwestern part of the towm on 
the old county road leading from Wayne to the old ferry across 
the Androscoggin about ^ mile up that river from North Turner 
Bridge. The place by him taken up and on which he settled is 
the same that has since been occupied by some one of his des- 
cendants bearing the name, and is now occupied by his grand- 
son, John. He died on this farm, Aug. 14, 1834, w^hen nearly 
82 years old, and his wife, Nov. 6, 1826, aged 69 years. Their 
children were : 

1. Mary'', b. in Saco, Feb. 13, 1783; m. Shirley W. 

]\IcDaniel, a sea captain ; g children ; 

2. Sewall", no date of birth ; went to sea when young 

and was pressed into the English service ; 

3. Amos", b. in Saco, Nov. 21. 1788; 

4. Benjamin^, Jr., b. in Saco, Nov. 21, 1788; further 

mention ; 

5. Rosanna*', b. in Saco, Alar, i, 1796; m. Elder 

William Woodsum, of Buxton. She d. in 
Peru, Me., leaving issue ; 

6. Sally", b. Sept. 17, 1798; m. Ezra Leadbetter, and 

d. in Livermore, Me. ; 

7. Olive*', b. in Saco, Aug. i, 1801 ; m. Levi Morrill; 

issue one son ; d. soon after his birth. 

8. Pamelia*', b. in Saco, May 8, 1807; d. unmarried 

September, 1850; 

9. Samuel", record uncertain. 

Of the children of Benjamin and his wife, Sally Bryant, 
Benjamin, Jr.", (Benjamin^ Nathan*. Benjamin^, Joshua-, 
Edward^) their fourth child, m. Joanna, daughter of Increase 

16 



242 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Leadbetter an early settler of Leeds. She was b. Nov. i, 1799. 
They settled on the place to which he came with his parents when 
a young man, and where he spent his remaining years and died 
Sept. 4, 1864. He was a military man — Captain of a militia 
company. Those who remember Capt. Benjamin Woodman 
knew him as an honest, industrious and energetic farmer. Their 
children were : 

Henry Frost', b. in Leeds, Oct. 11, 1821 ; m. first, Frank E. 
Whittemore, of East Livermore, in July, 1876, who died 
Nov. 15, 1877; m. second, Martha Deane, Sept. 23, 1883, who 
died, July 15, 1885. The fruit of his last marriage was one child, 
Deane. b. March 24, 1885 ; d. July 15, 1886. 

In early life Mr. Woodman was a teacher. He later 
•officiated on the municipal and school boards of his native town, 
in which capacity he did honest, able and conscientious work. He 
held the positions of railroad station and express agent at North 
Leeds for a term of years. His connection with his brother in 
mercantile life at North Leeds was of long duration ; after 
which, he re4:urned to the old homestead farm where he has 
since made his residence until a very recent date, when he sold 
the place to a younger brother, and now is with his nieces at 
North Leeds, where he spent so many years in business. 

Charles', b. Sept. 28, 1828; m. Jerusha A. Haden, Jan. 3, 
1864. He was a farmer on the homestead place at North Leeds 
for a term of years. They had issue three children, one of whom 
only is living, namely ; Almarilla, who is married. 

Jason', b. Jan. 5, 1830; m. Louisa M.. a daughter of William 
and Ruth (Gould) Gott, July 6, 1854. Their children were: 
Adda Florence, b. in Leeds, Oct. 15, i860, a graduate of the 
State Normal School, of Farmington, in the Class of 1888, and a 
teacher of experience in the schools of Leeds and other towns ; 
and Mary Louisa, b. Felx 25, 1867; married Charles A. White- 
house Sept. 29, 1887, who resides at North Leeds, and is engaged 
in mercantile business where her father was a long time in trade. 
They have two daughters, Ruth Louisa, b. Jan. 31, 1889, and 
Ruby, b. July 2, 1890. 

When a young man, ?ilr. Woodman spent several years in 
Boston, where he was employed in omnibus work. He was 
married in that city and soon returned to his native town where 
he and his brother Henry built and opened a store. They also 
bought a tract of land near there, built a hotise, stable and barn, 
and combined farming with trade. The post-office at that place 
was later added to their business, and in connection with occa- 
sional purchases and sales of fine horses of which they were 
good judges, they gained a goodly amount of property. 

Jason" died Dec. i, 1880, and his widow July 23, 1888. 

Emily', b. July 27. 1831 ; m. Thornton Lyford, Feb. 22. 1858, 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 243 

and settled in Bangor. She had a daughter, Marion. Emily d. 
in Bangor in November, 1878. 

Julia Ann, b. Jan. 16, 1833; m. Abial Deane, in 1884; resides 
in Leeds. 

Benjamin, Jr.', b. Jan. 25, 1837, was in the Civil War; d. in 
Alexandria, Va., Nov. 11, t86i. 

"Edward Kent', b. July 28, 1838, was in the Civil War; m. 
first, Luella Whitney, July 27, 1873, who d. July 19, 1892. He 
m. second, Nellie M. Swift, Oct. 22, 1895, in Farmington, in 
which village they live. They have no issue. Mr. Woodman 
has devoted much of his life to buying and selling a high class 
of horses, in which business he has been very successful. 

Sewall", b. Feb. 17, 1841 ; d. in Nebraska. 

John Elmore, b. July 2[, 1842. was in the 'Civil War; ni. 
Laura Ann Whittemore, Jan. 22, 1865. They have issue Frank 
N., b. April 29, 1878, and Gladys, b. July 27, 1886. Frank 
Newell was graduated from, the College Course of the Maine 
Wesleyan Seminary and Female College, Kent's Hill, Me., in the 
Class of 1898. He m. Aug. 29, 1898, Helen Welch, of South 
Harpswell, Me. They reside in Boston, Mass. Issue Kenneth 
Elmore, b. April, 1901 



CHAPTER IV. 



HEADS OF FAMILIES IX THE EARLY PART OF THE I9TH CENTURY/ 



Additon, Thos. 
Additon, David 
Andrews, Ephraim 
Bates, Ezekiel 
Bates, Charles 
Bates, Hervey 
Beals, John 
Beals, John, Jr. 
Berry, Ezra 
Berry, Amos 
Berry, Joshua 
Berry, Amos^ Jr. 
Berry, Jesse 
Bishop, Zadock 
Bishop, Joseph 
Bishop, Cyrus 
Bishop, James 
Bishop, Welcome 
Boothby, Isaac 
Boothby, Stephen 
Brewster, Alorgan 
Brewster, Salmon 
Bridgham, Thos. W. 
Bridgham. George 
Brown, Samuel 
Brown, Samuel, 2d. 
Brown, Abner, Jr. 
Bumpus, Ephraim 
Burnham, Abner 
Burnham. John 
Burnham. Daniel 
Carver, Elezer 
Carver, Elezer, Jr., 
Carver, John 
Carver, William 
Carver, Caleb 
Carll, Benjamin 
Carv, Zachariah 



Cary, John S. 
Cary, Luther 
Cary, Seth 
Caswell, Levi 
Chambers, Thaddeus 
Collier, Moses 
Collier, Moses, Jr. 
Collier, Isaac 
Crummit, Robert 
Curtis, Abner 
Curtis, William B. 
Curtis, Libbeus 
Cushman, Andrew 
Cushman, Andrew, Jr. 
Cushman, Oliver 
Daily, Abial 
Day, Samuel 
Day, Joseph 
Dav, William 
Day, William A. 
Deane, Zebulon 
Daggett, Nathaniel 
Daggett, Jabez 
Drake, Oliver 
Draper, Hazenan 
Drinkwater, Thomas 
Dunham, Benjamin 
Elder, Joshua 
Elms, Robert 
* Felch, Samuel 
Fish, Jirah, Jr. 
Fish, Ansel 
Fish, Hira 
Fish, Joseph 
Fish. Benjamin 
Fish, William 
Fish, John C. 
Fish, Seth 



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245 



Fish, Seth, Jr. 
Ford, Daniel 
Foss, Capt. Phineus 
Foss, Uriah 
Foss, Levi 
Foss, Walter 
Foss, Ruel 
Foss, Cyrus 
Foss, Ephraim 
Foss. Thaddeus 
Foss, Simeon 
Foster, Stephen 
Foster, Timothy 
Foster, John 
Francis, Thomas 
Francis, Thomas, Jr. 
Francis, John 
Freeman, Isaac 
Freeman, Joseph 
Freeman, Stephen 
Freeman, Joseph, Jr. 
Frost, Oliver P. 
Frost, Joseph 
Gilbert, Capt. Wm, 
Gilbert, Cornelius 
Gilbert, Ahirah 
Gilbert. Samuel 
Gilbert, William T. 
Gilbert, Marcus 
Gilbert, Benjamin 
Gilbert, Levi 
Gilbert, Nelson 
Gilbert, Nathaniel, Jr. 
Gilbert, Hira 
Gould. Pelatiah 
Gould, Isaac 
Gould, Samuel 
Gould, Robert 
Gould, Simeon 
Gould, Joseph 
Gould, John 
Gould. William 
Gould, Levi 
Graffam. Thomas 
Grant. Benjamin 
Graves. Samuel 
Georsre, Francis 



Haines, William 
Harmon, Dodavah 
Herrick, Israel 
Hicks, Zephaniah 
House, Nathaniel 
House, Nathaniel, Jr., 
Howe, David 
Howard, Hon. Seth 
Howard, Capt. Stillman 
Howard, Barnabas 
Howard, Roland B. 
Howard, Benjamin F. 
Howard, Barnabas, Jr. 
Howard, Luther L. 
Howard, Warren 
Howard, Jason 
Jenkins, Hamilton 
Jennings, Lewis 
Jennings, Samuel 
Jennings, John 
Jennings, Isaac 
Jennings, Perez S. 
Jennings, Nathaniel 
Jennings, Henry 
Jennings, Alexander 
Jennings, John, Jr. 
Jones, Edward 
Kimball, Herbert 
Knapp, Joseph 
Knapp. Joseph, Jr. 
Knapp, Elijah 
Knapp, Ziba 
Knapp, Simeon 
Knapp, Charles 
Knapp, Stephen 
Knapp, Pelatiah 
Lamb, Merrick 
Lamb, James 
Lamb, James, Jr. 
Lamb, Ira 
Lane. Daniel 
Lane, Daniel, Jr. 
Lane, Giddings 
Lane, Elias 
Lane, Peter 
Lane, James 
Lane. Issachar 



246 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



Lane, John L. 
Leadbetter, Increase 
Leadbetter, Benj. 
Leadbetter, Samuel 
Libby, Phillip 
Libby, Thomas 
Libby, Zebulon 
Libby. Ebenezer 
Lincoln, Rufus 
Lindsey, Ira 
Lindsey, Thomas 
Lindsey, Archibald 
Lindsey, William 
Lindsey, James 
Lindsey, James, Jr. 
Lindsey, Daniel 
Lindsey, Thomas, 2d. 
Lothrop, Daniel 
Lothrop, Daniel, Jr. 
Lothrop, George 
Lothrop, Sullivan 
Lothrop, Samuel 
Lothrop, Thomas 
Lothrop, Leavitt 
Lothrop, Sullivan, Jr. 
Lothrop, Solomon 
Lothrop, Alson 
Lothrop, Ira 
Magown, Isaac 
Magown, Gilbert 
Mason, Naphtali 
Mason, Ebenezer 
Mason, Phillip C. 
Millett, Thomas 
Millett, Thomas, Jr. 
Millett, Benjamin 
Millett, John 
Millett, Zebulon P. 
Millett, Solomon 
Millett, Solomon, Jr. 
Millett, John D. 
Mitchell Joseph 
Mitchell. Thomas 
Mitchell. William 
Moulton, Stillman 
Moulton, William 
Murray, Amos 



Newton, Emery 
Otis, Oliver 
Owing, Nathaniel 
Owen, Gideon 
Parcher, Zachariah 
Parcher, John 
Parcher, Daniel 
Paul, Marshfield 
Paul, True 
Perry, John 
Pettingill, William 
Pettingill, Obadiah 
Pettingill, Joseph 
Pettingill, Ruel 
Pettingill, Arcadus 
Pettingill, Isaac 
Phillips, Amos 
Piper, Thomas 
Pratt, Othniel 
Pratt, Isaac 
Pratt, Elisha 
Rackley., Stephen 
Ramsdell, Luther 
Ramsdell, William 
Randall, Oliver 
Randall, Nathaniel 
Randall, John 
Richards, Daniel 
Richmond, Nathan 
Robbins, Daniel 
Robbins, William 
Robbins, Daniel, Jr. 
Rose, Hervey 
Rose, Seth 
Rose, Asa 
Rose, Asa Jr. 
Rowe, John 
Sampson, Beriah 
Sampson, Zoah 
Sampson, Hazael 
Sampson, Michael 
Sampson, Cyrus 
Sampson, Ira 
Southard, Thomas 
Stanley, Jones 
Stetson, Nathan 
Stinchfield, Thomas 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



247 



Stinchfield, James 
Stinchfield, Samuel 
Stinchfield, Ebenezer 
Stnbbs, Samuel 
Sturtevant, John 
Sumner, Houghton 
Sumner, Caleb R. 
Swift, Charles 
Swift, Samuel 
Sylvester, Hervey 
Sylvester, Howard 
Thayer, Zachariah 
Thompson, John 
Trask, Spencer 
Turner, William 
Turner, Josiah 
Turner, Joseph 
Turner. Alpheus 
Turner, Obadiah 



Turner, George 
Turner, Lewis 
Turner, Joshua 
Turner, Ansel 
Turner, Oscar D. 
Tupper, Enoch 
Tupper, Joshua 
Webster, Stephen 
Welcome, Stephen 
\\'endall, James B. 
Wing. Bachelder 
Wing, Caleb 
Wing, Caleb, Jr. 
Wing. James 
Witham, Daniel 
Wood, Samuel 
Wood. Simeon 
Woodman, David 
Woodman, Ammi 



CHAPTER V. 

FIRST MILLS AND OTHER INDUSTRIES. 

About the year 1790, John Jennings built the first saw-mill, 
a small affair at West Leeds for the use of himself and his three 
sons near him, but accommodated his neighbors by sawing for 
them. This was located near where Zachary Gary subsequently 
built a fulling-mill. The second saw-mill was built in 1804, by 
Thomas JMitchell and Elias and Peter Lane. Andrew Cushman 
who married Bathsheba Jennings in 1789, and settled in Leeds, 
built the first grist-mill, in 1814, on the privilege at West Leeds 
now occupied by R. E. Swain. In 1817, he built a saw-mill on 
the same power. At his death in 1844, Daniel Hinkley became 
the proprietor and built a new mill. Stillman and Seth Howard 
later owned this property. Orrin B. Taylor was the next owner ; 
was succeeded in turn by E. E. Wheeler, Rodolphus Jennings 
and R. E. Swain. Mr. Swain is the present proprietor of this 
water-power and has a manufactory of box boards and dowels, 
which furnishes employment to several persons. Eben Mason 
built the second grist-mill in town in 1816, on the same stream, 
deriving power from an overshot wheel 16 feet in diameter. 
Like most of the early mills this had a short existence. This 
Eben Mason was the first blacksmith in Leeds. His shop was at 
the corner near where R. S. Loring, M.D. now resides. Oliver 
P. Frost was an early blacksmith in the town and had his shop at 
West Leeds. Charles Bates was another early engaged in that 
business, and was located on Quaker Ridge, or Bates Hill, which 
takes its name from him. At Leeds Center, Robert Crumett 
was the first blacksmith. Stephen Welcome and Cyrus Samp- 
son had "asheries," where they made potash. The trades of 
tanning and shoemaking were early combined. Samuel More, 
who served in the Navy in the War of 18 12 and was made pris- 
oner, came to Leeds in 1814, put up a small tannery at Leeds 
Center and was the town's first tanner. He continued to tan 
leather and make shoes until 1849. I" 1881 he died. Other tan- 
ners were James and Tra Lamb and Seth Cary. 

MERCHANTS. 

The first merchant in town was Thomas Stinchfield, who had 
an extensive Indian trade. Some of the early, wealthier settlers 
kept large stocks of necessities for their own use, and frequently 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 249 

accommodated their neighbors by sales or barter. The tirst regu- 
lar storekeepers, as we now use the term, were Solomon Lothrop, 
at the Center ; Stephen W'elcome, in the southwest part ; William 
Turner, in the south part and Cyrus Sampson at South Leeds ; 
while later, Stephen Day (1839), and Joshua Lane (at Dr. Lor- 
ings's Corner) had good stores. Solomon Lothrop established at 
Leeds Center in 1820, and was in trade many years. He was suc- 
ceeded by Noah Sturtevant, of Winthrop, who continued in trade 
until the store was burned. It was rebuilt by Mr. Lothrop who 
again engaged in trade. He was succeeded by Barnabas Davee, 
who conducted in connection therewith a furniture shop, and for 
several years did a thriving business. About 1822, Simeon Foss 
was in trade on the southeast corner at Leeds Center, and Nathan 
Randall near the town-house. Mr. Davee's successor was a 
Mr. Fogg, who was in business but a short time when the store 
remained closed for several years. It was again utilized by Mr. 
Lothrop and his son, Solomon L., but in 1846, they sold out to 
Thaddeus More, who in turn, sold in 1847 to Josiah Day. 
From 1849 to 1853, the railroad contractors run a store at the 
Center. In 1861, G. C. More, a brother of Thaddeus was in 
trade in the Lothrop store. After him came Cyrus B. Lane. In 
1872, Charles H. Lane was there engaged in business. His suc- 
cessor was W. L. Francis, who has made extensive repairs and 
annexes and since continued in trade at the old stand, carrying a 
large general stock of goods and doing a thriving and prosperous 
business. He has long been postmaster and discharged the duties 
of the ofifice to the satisfaction of the patrons. At Keen's Cor- 
ner a store was quite early established. In 1824, John Keene, 
who then and for many years after run this store, was licensed to 
sell spirituous liquors. With the coming of the railroad, stores 
were established at Curtis Corner and North Leeds. With the 
improved advantages at West Leeds, a store was opened there in 
1828, by Jonas P. Lee. His successor was Zachary Cary who 
continued in business from 1830 to 1837, when he sold to Silas 
Morse, and in 1840 the store was converted into a blacksmith 
shop. On the site where the buildings of H. W. Lincoln were 
recently burned, a store was built by Benjamin Millett, who, after 
a few years, sold to the late Stephen R. Deane. He was engaged 
in trade there several years, fifteen of which, he held the ofifice 
of postmaster. His successors were Rhodolphus Jennings, 
R. E. Swain and C. H. Foster. In a new store. Perry Grant has 
been several years in trade where he is now engaged. 

In 1852, T. Clarkson Foss built and opened a store at North 
Leeds. He was an extensive buyer of wool, in which business 
he was successful and acquired a good property. Since his 
decease, Robert Scott. Messrs. Chamberlain Bros., and W. C. 
Tribou have, in turn, done business there. At present, the prop- 



250 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

erty is in the hands of A. W. Alanter and his wife, who are- 
engaged in trade. A few years subsequent to the building of this 
store, Henry and Jason Woodman, brothers, erected a store a few 
rods westerly of the buildings of Mr. Foss and opened a general 
stock of goods. They were a long time in business. After the 
decease of Jason, Henry returned to the farm on which he was 
born and reared and continues his residence there still. C. H, 
Whitehouse, a son-in-law of Jason is the present occupant of 
that store and does quite an extensive business in grain and 
feed. Mr. Guy Foss, in another place at North Leeds was 
engaged in trade, who was succeeded by his mother, present occu- 
pant. About 1850, Salmon and his son, Henry ]\I. Brewster, 
erected and opened a general store at Curtis Corner. Much of 
the time since it has been open, and until a recent date has been 
occvipied by a member of the Brewster family. Gustavus W. 
Lane established himself in mercantile business at the Center in 
1883, and has been a heavy dealer in groceries, flour, gram, feed, 
etc. In connection with his mercantile business, in i88q, he 
erected a steam grist-mill near his store and the railroad station, 
the capacity of which w-as 200 bushels per day. His business 
was thereby increased from $5,000 to $50,000 annually. He has 
also been station and express agent, all in all making his a busy 
life. 

Previous to removing from Quaker Ridge to Curtis Corner, 
Salmon Brewster had been in trade there. He w^as succeeded 
in 1 85 1 by O. T. Wing, who was a short time engaged in busi- 
ness, but soon retired. In 1898, W. H. Brewster leased a part 
of his store at Curtis Corner to R. D. Rand & Co., dealers in gro- 
ceries, grain and feed. The present staff of merchants in town 
are: W. L. Francis, G. W. Lane, at Leeds Center; C. H. White- 
house, Mrs. A. W. Manter and Mrs. Vesta P. Foss, at North 
Leeds; R. D. Rand & Co., and H. AI. Brewster, at Curtis Corner; 
Perrv Grant, at West Leeds. 



CHAPTER VI. 

A CONDENSED REVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF THE BAPTIST CHURCHES 
IN LEEDS FROM ABOUT A. D. 180O TO I9OI. 

The first religious meeting in the hmits of the present town 
of Leeds of which we have any record, was held in the autumn of 

1794- 

It was called by Thomas D. Francis, one of the first settlers 
of Leeds and afterward the first pastor of the First Baptist 
Church in town. In his old age Rev. Thomas Francis commu- 
nicated the facts connected v»ath this meeting to younger members 
of his church. 

Air. Francis read the 51st psalm and a versification of the same 
psalm was sung in the meeting. He had called the people 
together under a strong and solemn conviction of duty, and he 
proceeded forthwith to relate his own religious experience which 
had been such that he longed for others to have the same. 

The spiritual interest in this service became so strong that 
they resolved then and there that under the leadership of Mr. 
Francis they would allow no Sabbath to pass without a meeting. 

Hearing of the religious awakening in Leeds, Jesse Lee and 
others commenced regular services on Thursday evenings of 
each week, and during that fall and following winter 40 persons 
were converted. 

In June, 1795. Elder Potter baptized a few persons and soon 
after, Isaac Case baptized several more who joined the P)aptist 
Church in Wayne. 

Meetings in Leeds at this time, were held in the barn of 
Giddings Lane. 

In 179Q. Mr. Francis was ordained as an evangelist. 

"On Wednesday, July 2, 1800, certain Baptist brethren of 
Littleborough, apprehending it would be for the glory of God 
and their own spiritual interest, having been granted dismission 
from the Baptist Church in Wayne, were organized into an 
essential Christian Church." Elder Thomas Francis and fifteen 
others whose names are as follows subscribed to the Articles of 
Faith presented at that time : 

Thomas D. Francis, Eleazer Carver, Daniel Lothrop, Gid- 
dings Lane, Eunice Knapp. Jemima Lane, Daniel Robbins, 
Matilda Millett, Joanna Turner, Isaac Freeman, James Sampson, 



252 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Sarah Foster, Joseph Gouhl, Thomas Millett, Zebulon Millett, 
EHzabeth Otis. 

The first officer of this ch.urch was Gicldings Lane, who was 
elected deacon at its organization. 

October 16, 1800, Elder Francis was called to the pastorate 
of this church — a position which he filled continuously and hon- 
orably for 35 years, and excepting the first six years of his 
ministry, during which Isaac Freeman was clerk of the church. 
Elder Francis made and kept its records. 

Since its organization 447 persons have had membership with 
this church. Somewhat more than a score of preachers have 
served as pastors or stated supplies. During the century of our 
existence 15 of our members have served the church as deacons, 
and about the same number as clerks — including four pastors. 

In 1806, the meeting-house at Leeds Center was completed. 
In 1836. such repairs and remodeling as were thought best were 
made. In 1872, a considerable change was made in the interior 
of the meeting-house and extensive repairs were made upon the 
outside, at a cost of several hundred dollars. IMarch 12, 1891, 
it was voted to make thorough repairs on the meeting-house, also 
a general modernizing of the interior which, in due time, was 
accomplished at a cost of about $1,200. 

Since then the house has remained in a comparatively sound 
and serviceable condition. 

The successors of Thomas D. Francis as pastors and stated 
supplies were as follows : 

Allen Barrows from 1835 to 1837; Wilson C. Rider, 1838; 
Daniel Hutchinson, 1839; Robert Starr, 1840; Daniel Hutchin- 
son, 1841 ; S. S. Leighton, 1842 to 1845; J. W. Lawton, 1846 to 
1848; Elders Sargent and Tilton, 1849; Allen Barrows, 1850 to 
1855; Abram Snyder, 1856; Elder Gurney, 1857; Elder Fulton, 
1858; Joel P. Chapin, 1850 to 1863; O. Richardson, 1863; 
William E. Noyes, 1864 to 1868; Joel Wheeler, 1868; Henry A. 
Libbv, 1869; S. S. Brownson. 1870 to 1873; Abram Snyder, 
1876' to 1886; J. R. Herrick. 1888 to 1892: Robert Scott, 1892 to 
1895; J. B. Bryant. 1896; E. H. Doane, 1899 to 1900. 

The Second Baptist Church and Society was organized at 
South Leeds June 19, 1843, with a constituent membership of 
29, to which additions were made from time to time until they 
numbered 52. 

John Beals was their first church clerk, and Simon Maloon 
their first deacon. 

Sept. t6, 1843, Elder Walter Foss was called to serve this 
church as pastor — a relation which he sustained with honor until 
it lost its visibility as an organization about 1870. 

For many years this church was a center of religious influ- 
ence in that part of the town. The deVotion of its only pastor 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 253 

may well serve as an example to Christian workers of a later 
time. At a mere pittance as a salary, and under the necessity of 
a journey of not less than fifteen miles at each pastoral visit to this 
field, he maintained the oversight of this little tiock through 
summer's heat and winter's cold for nearly 30 years. 

But words of praise are not needed from us to embellish the 
character of those whose history we briefly here review. Their 
record is in heaven. It is but just, however, that we acknowledge 
our indebtedness to them because of that moral worth and ster- 
ling integrity which constituted the very warp and w^oof of that 
godly influence which they transmitted unto us. 

It is not denied that worthy men and women lived and died 
outside the churches of their day. It is not denied that some at 
least of those within the church were justly chargeable with fault 
and foible and possible insincerity, but yet, as w^e look back at 
them collectively through the vista of the years encircled in the 
halo of a sainted recollection, the picture takes a charm of form 
and coloring superior to any likeness of those who are merely 
sons of earth. 

Their calling is from above — their citizenship in heaven. But 
visions of heavenly character and "peace on earth" are not the 
only features of interest to us in this scene. 

As we contemplate them more closely, they take definite shape 
before us as a section of that mighty army of the living God 
which is waging war against the powers of darkness and of death. 

But who is this who has marshalled and is leading them? 

He appears a mighty man of war. With unwavering 
courage, with well nigh unerring wisdom and with a zeal which 
knew no abatement, this man Thomas D. Francis, horn a leader 
of men, continues in command of this band of Christ's disciples 
for more than a third of a century ; moulding their belief, giving 
vitality and suitable form to character and life among them, 
making them inflexible and staunch in their advocacy of what to 
them was right, invincible in their conflict with the evils of their 
time, and little le^s than really divine in the manner and purpose 
of their lives. 

What this community might have been without the pastors 
and their churches which have stood, as the century has passed, 
each in its time and place, as exponents and examples of right- 
eousness and truth, we do not wish to know. 

But of this we are assured : Divinely salutary indeed their 
influence has been. Their illustrious example, however, adds 
weight to the responsibility which rests on us as their successors. 

May this, our obligation, be duly recognized and faithfully 
discharged. And may the virtues of those whom we commem- 
orate this day be so effectually perpetuated in our lives, that fur- 
ther and more lasting honor shall be added to their names. 



CHAPTER \TI. 

HISTORY OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF LEEDS. 

Rev. Jesse Lee, through whose efforts MethocHsni was estab- 
Hshed in New England, preached in Littleborough, now the town 
of Leeds. Dec. 23, 1794. The service of that date was held in a 
private house, the home of a Mr. Lane. The house was crowded 
and the power of God was clearly felt in their midst. 

The town of Leeds was placed upon the Readfield circuit as 
early as 1795 ; later it was made a part of Monmouth circuit and 
was regularly visited by the preachers. 

A class w^as formed about 1795. The progress of Method- 
ism from this early period until 1838 is not known as no records 
are preserved, if there were any kept, to give its history during 
these years. 

In 1838, Rev. John Allen held a series of meetings in the 
school-house on Quaker Ridge, a number of persons were con- 
verted and a class of more than twelve members was formed 
with Salmon Brewster as leader. It is stated that the society 
increased and the religious services continued to be held at the 
school-house until January, 1852. In 1849. Joseph Hawkes was 
sent to the Leeds circuit as a supply. In 1850, the Conference 
sent Rev. John Cumner to this charge, and through his efforts 
and the aid given by Salmon Brewster, a church building was 
contemplated and the plans for building were made. 

Rev. Mr. Cumner appointed the following men as trustees 
of the church property : Salmon Brewster, Charles Stetson, 
George C. Lathrop, Warren Mower, Jacob Wheeler, Simeon 
Turner, and Nathan Morse. At the first meeting of the trustees 
held March 3, 185 1, Salmon Brewster was chosen chairman, 
George Lathrop secretary and Simeon Turner treasurer ; at this 
meeting of the trustees they voted to receive bids for building a 
church, imtil March 8th at one o'clock p.m. 

At the next meeting of the board plans for the house were 
accepted and the bid of Mr. Charles Stetson to build the house 
for eight hundred and fifty dollars was accepted. At a later 
meeting of the trustees Nov. 29th, Charles Stetson was chosen to 
apprize the pews, subject to the approval of the trustees. On 
Jan. T, 1852, the board voted to accept the house upon condition 
that it be finished according to contract. At one p.m. this same 
date, the sale of pews began. Seventeen pews were sold at this 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 255 

meeting and on Jan. 6, seven more were sold. The prices of the 
pews varied from fifteen to thirty dollars. 

The exact date when the house was dedicated is not known, 
but it was in January of 1852 during the pastorate of Rev. Luther 
B. Knight. Air. Knight's pastorate lasted for two years, from 
July 9, 1851, to June or July of 1853, and at this time there were 
six different classes, one at North Leeds, Quaker Ridge, South 
Leeds, Leeds Junction, in Greene, at West Leeds. But soon 
after, .one of the classes was given up and its members were 
placed in one of the other classes. 

Afterward the class at North Leeds joined the Wayne Circuit. 
By death and removals, one by one the classes have been aban- 
doned. At the present a prayer-meeting is the only week-night 
service held. 

In 1884, the society bought a parsonage and made of it a com- 
fortable home for its pastors. There are about twenty acres of 
land in the parsonage lot and gives its ministers plenty of oppor- 
tunity for out-door work in the summer. 

Within a few years the church has been remodelled and 
beautified on the interior with paint, carpeting and new furnish- 
ings. These repairs were undertaken and accomplished through 
the efforts of JVIr. Harry Cochrane, of Monmouth, who was then 
supplying this charge. 

The society also assisted in building a very neat chapel at 
Keene's Corner, which was dedicated May 5, 1891. In this cTiapel 
the Methodists hold services once in two weeks. Services at the 
church on Quaker Ridge are also held once in two weeks, the 
pastor alternating between the two places in his Sunday services. 
The Sunday School, at present, is smalf in number but a good 
interest is manifested in the study of the Sunday School lessons. 
For a number of years Brother John F. Gray was Superintendent 
of the School and by his faithful efforts the school was kept in 
a flourishing condition. The society numbers at present only 
twenty-four members. Deatli and removals have decreased its 
numbers faster than additions have been made. Though the 
society is small, yet with the help of its friends, who are inter- 
ested in sustaining religious services and have given liberally 
toward the support of the same, it has been able to give its 
pastors a comfortable support. 

The following is the list of the names of its pastors who have 
•served the church since 1849 : 

1849-50 — Joseph Hawkes. 
1850-51 — John Cumner. 
1851-52 — Luther B. Knight. 
1859-61— D. B. Holt. 
1862-63 — Levi Eldridge. 
1863-64 — William Stout. 



256 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

1864-65 — M. B. Cummings. 
1865-66 — W. Wyman. 
1866-67 — Jonathan Fairbanks. 

1867-70 Lufkm. 

1870-73 — S. M. Emerson. 
1873-75— J- B. Fogg. 
1875-76 — Loring P. Gould. 

1876-77 — Nathan Andrews, Sanderson, J. B. Fogg, 

1 878-79 — Nottage. 
1879-80 — AIcKenna. 
1880-81 — Greenwood Gordon. 
1881-82— J. P. Cole. 

1882-83 Clifford. 

1883-84— C. R. Dagget. 

1885-86— J. P. Roberts. 

1886-87— W. H. Congdon. 

1888-90 — Joseph Aloulton. 

1890-91 — Isaac Beals. 

1891-93 — Charles D. Blaisdell. 

1893-94 — C. H. Williams. 

1894-95 — Powers, F. W. Smith. 

1896-97 — F. H. Billington, J. Buchanan. 

1898-1901— F. H. Hall. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



UNIVERSALIST CHURCH. 



From a very early period the preaching of Rev. Thomas 
Barnes had found sympathy in many households of Leeds. The 
earliest history of a Universalist organization is given in a man- 
uscript in the handwriting of Israel Plerrick, bearing date 1833, 
giving answers to questions asked in the Intelligencer of Sept. 28, 
relative to the state of Universalist societies in Kennebec and 
.Somerset counties. He says : 

"The first Universalist Society in Leeds was organized March 
13. 1830, of sixty members. There usually attend meeting 
about 200 people. In the summer of 1832 the society hired 
preaching one-quarter of the time for six months. Rev. Thomas 
Dolloff preached, for which we paid him $24 in money, raised 
by subscription ; we have no funds. Our society is scattered all 
over the town, and subscriptions fall on those near the meeting, 
besides our society generall}^ is not of the wealthiest class, there- 
fore our subscriptions are not in proportion to our nttmbers. 
The society has not much increased or diminished. Our pros- 
pects are as good as at any former period. We have had no 
difficulty in obtaining preaching in proportion to our means until 
the present season. We have no meeting-house, our meetings are 
well accommodated in the town-house. Our society is well 
united — a good degree of feeling existing among the members. 
We hold no meetings except on Sundays, have no Sunday-school 
nor Bible class. We have our regular yearly society meetings, 
besides intermediate meetings as occasion requires, but generally 
not fully attended. It is my opinion that the number that attends 
otir meeting is larger than attends any other meeting in town 
except the Free Willers, which occasionally may be as large or 
larger than ours. I should think not far from one-half of the 
ratable polls were in favor of the doctrine of Universalism." 

At this time some of the leading members were Israel Her- 
rick. Levi Foss, John Francis, Caleb Carver, William Gott, 
Simeon Gould, Barnabas Davee, George Lathrop, Thomas W. 
Bridgham, Benjamin Alillett, Alexander Jennings, Ebenezer 
Stinchfield, Samuel More, James Lindsay, John Carver, Solo- 
mon Lathrop, Samtiel Jennings, Levi Dunham, Levi Caswell, 
Lemuel Sumner, James Stinchfield. 



258 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

From this time we find no records until March 20, 1837, 
when a petition to George Lathrop, Esq., directing him to notify 
the petitioners to meet at the town-house, April 15, to organize 
the first Universahst Society of Leeds, was signed by Israel Her- 
rick. Asa Rose, B. Millett,' Jr., William P. Millett. O. J. Frost, 
Solomon Lathrop, Benjamin Millett, Thomas W. Bridgham, 
Franklin B. Leonard. Samuel More, Isaac Pratt, Eben Stinch- 
field, James K. Stinchfield, Isaac Boothby, John Carver, James 
Stinchfield, Jr., Aaron Dwinal, Barnabas Davee, Elias Lane, 
Robert Crum.ett. In 1836 the Baptist meeting-house had been 
jointly repaired by the Universalists and Baptists, and an agree- 
ment made whereby the Universalists were to occupy the house 
the fourth Sunday in each month. The society was duly organ- 
ized, a constitution adopted, Israel Herrick elected clerk and 
; assessors, etc., chosen. 

It is most probable that the following were pew owners in 
the repaired church : Alexander Jennings, Aaron Dwinal, Samuel 
More, Solomon Lathrop two, Giddings Lane two, Eben Stinch- 
field, John D. Millett, Benjamin ^lillett, Jr., Israel Herrick, 
Lemuel Sumner. Ira Lamb. Isaac Pratt, Isaac Boothby. Robert 
Crumett. 

Coiisfitufion. 

We, the undersigned members of the First Universahst Soci- 
ety in Leeds agree to the following as the constitution of said 
society : 

Art. 1st. The object of this society shall be the promotion of 
religion and morality amongst ourselves and our fellow-men. 

Art. 2d. The annual meeting of this society shall be held on 
the Saturday next following the first Monday in April in each 
year for the choice of officers for said society and at such place 
and hour of the day as the assessors by legal warrant shall direct. 

Art. 3d. The officers of this society shall consist of a moder- 
ator for the time being, a clerk, a board of assessors, a prudential 
committee, a treasurer and collector. All of these officers with 
the exception of the moderator, shall be elected to serve until the 
next annual meeting or until some others are chosen in their 
stead. 

Art. 4th. A meeting of this society may be called at any time 
by the assessors if seven members shall in writing require them 
to do so. 

Art. 5th. Seven members shall constitute a quorum for the 
transaction of business, but a smaller number may adjourn. 

Art. 6th. Anv person wishing to unite with us in the object 
of this societv and believing in the truth of the sacred Scriptures 
and sustaining a good moral character may by being introduced or 
recommended bv a memlx^r of regular standing be admitted a 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 259 

member of this society by a vote of the majority of the mem- 
bers present at any meeting of this society and subscribing to this 
constitution. And no member shall be excluded but by a major- 
ity of two-thirds present. 

Art. 7th. No person of immoral habits shall ever be admit- 
ted to a membership in this society and it shall be a sufficient 
.cause of admonition and ultimately of expulsion if any member 
shall contract such habits. 

Art. 8th. Any article of this constitution, the first and 
seventh only excepted, may be altered at any annual meeting of 
this society by a vote of two-thirds of the members present. 

And now commending ourselves, our families and our friends, 
with our brethren of the human race, to God, who is able to build 
us up in his most holy faith and prepare us for the purity and 
blessedness of his heavenly kingdom, we subscribe our names to 
this constitution and agree to abide by the same and by the rules 
.and regulations of this society. 

George Lathrop, Alexander Jennings, Eben Stinchfield, Caleb 
Wing, John D. IMillett, Lemuel Sumner, George D. Lathrop, 
Israel Herrick, Benj. Millett, Isaac Pratt, Samuel More, Solo- 
mon Lathrop, Asa Rose, Aaron Dwinal, John Carver, Robert 
Crumett. Wm. P. Millett, Isaac Boothby, Barnabas Davee, 
Franklin B. Leonard, Giddings Lane, Ira Lamb. 

In April, 1843, Giddings Lane, Israel Herrick, S. More were 
elected assessors, Samuel More, John D. Millett, Isaac Boothby 
a committee "to see whether the agreement entered into between 
the societies relative to the occupancy of the meeting house is 
binding." This was the commencement of a long and serious 
contest for the title of one-fourth of the house, culminating in a 
suit brought by the Baptist society against Perry Grant for 
malicious trespass in breaking open the meeting house for Uni- 
versalist service. From the decision of the supreme court in 
favor of the Baptist ownership an appeal was taken. 

The decision in favor of the plaintiffs was made in 1871 on 
the ground that under the act of incorporation of the Baptist 
society there could be no legal transfer of any of its property. 
In 1872 an elegant Universal ist meeting-house containing fifty- 
two pews was built at a cost of $5,000, and Nov. 10, 1873, Isaiah 
B. Additon, Giddings Lane, Horace Herrick, B. Davee, R. Jen- 
nings, Charles S. Gordon, Lewis Churchill, H. L. Millett, Wil- 
lard Lathrop, Rollins S. Loring, J. F. Jennings, L. H. Sumner 
and W. B. Sumner petitioned H. M. Brewster, Esq., for a war- 
rant enabling the "Stockholders of the Leeds Centre Parish 
Church" to make an incorporation, which was effected Novem- 
ber 18, when Giddings Lane was chosen clerk. He held that 
office until his death, when his son, G. W. Lane, succeeded him. 
Rev. Otis H. Johnson, of Jay, preached every fourth Sunday 



26o HISTORY OF LEEDS 

from 1869 to 1879 and part of the time every other Sunday. 
Al was succeeded bv Revs. Barnes, White Cutler, Smith and 
Gould At the present time meetings are held during the sum- 
mer season only. There are a great many people m town who 
claim to be Universalists. but from lack of interest or other rea- 
sons do not attend meeting. 



CHAPTER IX. 

CHURCHES. 

"Tlie First Freewill Baptist Church" in town was organized 
at Nortli Leeds, Feb. ii, 1829, by Elder Abizer Bridges. The 
original members were, Joshua Tupper, Warren Howard, Lucy 
Tupper, Mercy Dunham, Julia A. Stanley, Almira Turner, Mar- 
tha Grant, Anna Additon, Deborah Bridges, Eliza Bridges. It 
belonged to Bowdoin Quarterly Aleeting, and in 1836 had a 
membership of 75 — the largest in its history. The Union Chapel 
was erected in that place on that date, one-half of which was 
owned by this society, one-fourth by the Methodist society and 
one-fourth by individuals of the Baptist and Campbellite (Chris- 
tian) faith. From the church record we quote: "Dedicatory 
Exercises of Union Chapel, North Leeds, Convened at the 
Chapel on i6th day of November, 1836; 11 o'clock a.m. 

"Introductory Prayer, by Rev. Daniel Hutchinson ; 
"Reading Scripture, by Elder Walter Foss ; 
"Dedicatory Prayer, by Elder Allen Barrows ; 
"Sermon, by Elder Daniel Hutchinson; 
"Address to Society, by Elder Allen Barrows; 
"Concluding Prayer, by Elder Walter Foss ; 

"Sacred Music, led and conducted by John Gould, Esq., in 
an able and devotional manner on the occasion." 

Prior to the completion of the Chapel the Free Baptists held 
their meetings in school and dwelling houses, but from this time 
their meetings were held in the house of the Lord every second 
Sabbath. From 75 members in that year, but 8 were on the rolls 
in 1891, yet the church was then recognized by the Quarterly 
Meeting. With the death of its d*eacon, Francis Davis Millett, 
which occurred in 1893, its identity was lost. Other deacons 
were Joshua Tupper, Warren Howard and George Gould. 
Those of Campbellite or Christian faith were not many; yet, for 
several years they held meetings in the chapel their allotted por- 
tion of the time. Rev. Greenwood C. Gordon was their pastor. 

QUAKER SOCIETY. 

In 1807, on Quaker Ridge in Leeds the Quaker Society 
erected a house of worship where they held meetings many 
vears. In later years it was removed about one mile west, — 



262 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

near their cemetery where it remained for a time, when it was 
again moved farther west to a place nearly opposite the dwell- 
ing of Stephen Welcome. Among the members and prominent 
supporters of this society were the Baileys, some of whom 
removed to Winthrop, whose children engaged in t'he manufac- 
ture of oil-cloth. Gradually the members decreased in number 
until the society lost its identity, and about 1869 the house was 
sold, torn down and carried away. 



CHAPTER X. 

SCHOOLS OF LEEDS. 

In common with the early settlers of other New England 
towns, the people of Leeds, upon its first settlement, showed 
their interest in edncation by giving liberally of their means to 
establish a free public school system. 

In 1801, upon the incorporation of the town, at the first 
town meeting, $200 was voted for the support of schools, and 
Joseph Day, Levi Bates, William Gilbert, John Jennings, Oliver 
Randall, and Obadiah Pettengill were chosen a committee to 
manage school matters. 

In November of the same year it was voted to accept the divis- 
ion of the town into districts made by the selectmen and that 
each district draw its own money. In 1802 and 1803, $300 was 
voted for schools. In 1803, Elder Thomas Francis, Abiel Daly, 
and George Turner. Jr., were chosen to inspect schools and 
teachers. 

From 1803 to i860 when $1050 was raised for schools, the 
amount raised each year was increased as the means of the 
people increased and as the town gained in the number of its 
pupils. In 1868, 1870, and 187 1, the maximum amount of $1200 
was raised. At the present time (1901) $1,000 is voted by the 
town for common schools. 

By a law passed in 1820, not less than 40 cents per each 
inhabitant in the town was required to be raised for school pur- 
poses. By another law passed in the same year, if a districi 
received less than $35 as its share of the school funds, all of it 
might be expended for a school taught by a mistress but if more 
than $35 was received, two-thirds must be expended for a school 
taught by a master. Quite a different state of affairs from what 
exists at the beginning of the 20th centurv, when 99 per cent, 
of the teachers of the state are women and where in Leeds the 
past A'car but one male teacher was employed. In 1825. the law 
requiring the employment of male teachers was changed and it 
was left to the (liscretion of the district officers as to whether 
a master or a mistress should be employed. 

In 1853, the amount required by law to be raised for schools 
was increased to fifty cents per inhabitant of the town. In 1854 
it was increased to sixty cents per capita. In 1866, to seventy- 
five cents, and in 1868 to one dollar. In 1872, it was changed 
to eighty cents, as it remains at present. 



264 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

It will be seen that one of the first things done by the town 
relative to schools, was the division of the town into districts. 
At first, nine districts were formed, but later as the population 
increased the number was changed to twelve, which was the 
number in 1893, when the districts were abolished by law of 
the state. 

As the earl}- settlers of Leeds, as of other New England 
towns, were pre-eminently a religious people, it is but natural 
that we should find the first teacher of a school in Leeds to be 
Elder Thomas Francis. Other early teachers were Elisha Syl- 
vester, Parsons True, Benson Caswell and Lloyd Gould. Of a 
little later period we find the names of Barnabas Davee. Ste- 
phen R. Deane, Seth Howard, J. C. Stinchfield, Joseph Gott, 
Henry Woodman, Rodolphus and Florins Jennings among the 
men as having taught many terms in town. Among the women 
who taught much were Mrs. Diana Wing Gilbert, Sallie Stinch- 
field, Mrs. Hannah Pollard and her sister, Kate Knapp. 

Of the conditions existing at this time and the lack of 
nearly everything considered necessary for good teaching at 
present, a graphic description is given by the late Stephen R. 
Deane in the history of Leeds schools, given in the history of 
Androscoggin County and is as follows : — 

"The acquisition of a common school education sixty years 
ago was often attended with difficulties of which scholars of 
the present age know nothing. Many districts had no school 
houses. I recollect attending school for a short time in three 
neighboring districts where the schools were kept in winter in 
a room in some dwelling house, and in summer sometimes in 
a shop, a corn house and in one instance on the big barn floor. 
The district in which I lived had no school house till several 
years after I ceased to be a scholar. The district lay on two 
roads nearly parallel to each other and about a mile apart, with 
no road within its limit to connect them, so the people could 
never agree upon a proper site for their house to stand. The 
school room was furnished with seats made of planks or slabs 
long enough to reach from end to end and from side to side of 
the room. The desk for writing was of like material, fastened 
to the walls (usually on three sides of the rooms) so that the 
scholars when writing were obliged to turn their backs to the 
teacher and face the wall, the window, and, too often, the dark- 
ness ; for windows were neither large nor plenty, one or more 
corners of the room being too shady for the pupil to clearly dis- 
cern the plummet lines under his copy. It was thought that for 
a bov to be able to perform all the hard problems in Kenney's 
arithmetic was about all he ever need to know of mathematics. 
Reading, writing and geography were to be studied but gram- 
mar was considered too efifeminate and quite useless imless the 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 265 

boy aspired to become a teacher. Girls learned spelling, read- 
ing and grammar but arithmetic was regarded for them much as 
grammar was for bo}'s. 

"Ambitious mothers provided their daughters with a square 
of nice linen for the foundation of a sampler on which the let- 
ters of the alphabet, figures, her age, and other things (accord- 
ing to the fancy of her teacher and her skill) were to be wrought 
in needle work. There were but few who made teaching a 
business, and in general nothing beyond a common school edu- 
cation constituted their literary qualifications. The school fund 
was small and apportioned to the several districts according to 
the number of scholars in each." 

The school-houses contained large fire places but a stove was 
unheard of. It was customary for green wood to be hauled to 
tlie school-house in large ox-sled loads, and there fitted for burn- 
ing bv the large bovs. \\ ith this arrangement for heating, it 
was no surprising thing for the front row of pupils to be burning 
their faces while the back ones were nearly freezing. 

Such a thing as a blackboard was unknown. To Mrs. Han- 
nah Pollard belongs the honor of having and using the first one 
in town, while Francis Lathrop stands second, owning one 
which he used in the dififerent schools where he taught. 

The wages of the teachers seem very small compared with 
those received by the teachers of to-day. The women received 
fifty cents a week and their board, usually secured by boarding 
around. The mistress who got seventy-five cents a week was 
looked upon as receiving large wages. The men teachers were 
usually paid from $8 to $14 a month. 

The teacher, master or mistress, to be successful had to have 
the ability to discipline and maintain order, sometimes by mam 
strength. The schools numbered from sixty to eighty, with 
many of the pupils young men and women. In one school, that 
at West Leeds, eighty-five pupils were enrolled one term. 
That was rather more than one teacher or one school house 
could accommodate and those under twelve were sent to another 
house and furnished with a school mistress. In such schools 
it was no light task to keep order unless the teacher possessed 
unusual powers of mind or muscle. 

In 1873. the legislature provided by law that any town sus- 
taining a high school should receive from the state one-half of 
the amount actually expended for wages and board of teacher 
in such school to an amount not exceeding $300. If the town 
did not take advantage of this offer, any district might do so, 
provided that only two such schools should be maintained m 
■one town. 

In the year that this law was passed (1873) ^^""^ town oi 
Leeds took advantage of this oflrer bv the state and raised the 



266 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

liberal sum of $400. With this sum, two schools of sixteen- 
weeks each were held in different parts of the town that fall. 

In 1879, the aid by the state to free high schools was tem- 
porarily withdrawn but in 1880 it was restored, though the max- 
imum amount a town could receive was reduced from $500 to 
$250. Notwithstanding, a school of this nature was held nearly 
every year, either by vote of the town or by money raised in 
some district until 1897, when the law raising the grade and 
requiring all applicants for admission to be examined, had the 
effect of discontinuing the free high school in Leeds. The 
great help to the people of the tow^n by the maintenance of these 
schools cannot be overestimated. The saving in expense to 
many families was great as tl'.eir children attended school in their 
own town at slight expense instead of being sent out of town to 
academies or other schools at much greater cost. Then also a 
large part of the pupils were those who would have considered 
their education complete if the means of gaining a knowledge 
of the higher studies had not been placed at their own doors. 
There is no cjuestion but what the free high school law did much 
for the intellectual advancement of the town. Among some of 
the teachers of the first free high schools were John Hoffman, 

Forest L. Evans, Lord, now city superintendent of 

schools in Portland, and Harrison Pratt, a native of Turner, ana 
a teacher of unusual ability. Nearly all these early teachers 
were college graduates or undergraduates. 

Some of the later teachers were James S. Norton, a normal 
graduate, and a very successful teacher both in methods of 
instruction and discipline. 

To Miss Adelia J. Webber, who taught many terms of high 
and common school in town, many of our young men and 
women ascribe their thorough training in many things and their 
ambition to secure more of an education than the schools of the 
town could give. By them she is considered their benefactor 
in a large measure. 

Miss Lettice B. Albee, of Bates College, also taught several 
successful terms of free high school in town. 

In 1887, W. R. Pettengill, E. T. Clifford and E. E. Additon 
served the town as S. S. Committee. This was the last year in 
which a committee had entire charge of the schools of Leeds. 

The following year a supervisor was chosen. The schools 
of the town made the usual advancement in 1888 and 1889, under 
the supervision of E. E. Additon. 

In 1890, a radical departure from the established order of 
things was made by the election of Laura M. Sylvester, a grad- 
uate of Farmington Normal School and a successful teacher of 
experience, as supervisor. She was the first and so far the only 
woman to hold this office in Leeds. She served wMth credit tc 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 267 

herself and town during the first year of her management of the 
schools that the free text book law went into effect. The fur- 
nishing of free text books was made compulsory upon the towns 
in 1890. Much good has resulted from this law to this town. 

Miss Sylvester was succeeded by Frank H. Herrick as super- 
visor. He served during the years of 1892 and 1893. ^^ ^-as 
in the first year of his supervision that pupils who were regular 
in their attendance had their names printed in a Roll of Honor 
in the town reports. This new idea did much to secure the 
regular attendance of pupils. 

In 1893, the town voted that the supervisor employ the 
teachers, which Mr. Herrick did to the satisfaction of the town. 

The school this year, becoming very small in the Adch'ton 
district, was closed and the pupils conveyed to West Leeds. 
The school has not been opened since. 

It was in 1893 that the Androscoggin County Teachers' 
Association was formed. By invitation of W. W. Stetson, then 
Superintendent of Schools in Auburn, the supervisors of the 
towns in the county were asked to meet at the county buildings 
in Auburn, for the purpose of forming an association, having 
for its object the improvement of the schools of the county. 
There were present the superintendents of Lewiston and Auburn, 
the supervisor of Turner schools, J. H. Conant, and the super- 
visor of Leeds schools. The association was formed and plans 
made for three public meetings during the fall, two in Leeds and 
one in Turner. The first, held at Keen's Corner, was largely 
attended and very successful. Of the others, one was held at 
Leeds Center and one at North Turner. 

In 1894, the law passed in 1893. to abolish school districts 
went into effect. This and the succeeding two years the schools 
were again under the management of E. E. Additon. Several 
terms of free high school were successfully held during this 
time. The school at North Turner Bridge was attended by so 
few pupils that it was closed by Mr. Additon and conveyance 
furnished to Gould's Corner. This arrangement has continued 
since. 

The public educational meetings, begun during Mr. Her 
rick's term of office, were continued by Mr. Additon, two very 
successful meetings being held, at both of which W. W. Stei 
son. State Superintendent, was present. At the close of Mr. 
Additon's three years in office the schools were in a prosperous 
condition. 

In 1897, W. H. Bishop, a teacher of ability and experience 
had charge of the schools as Superintendent. 

The following year, 1898, W. E. Gould, M.D., assumed 
their management. 

In 1899, F- H. Herrick was elected Superintendent, as also 
in 1900 and 1901. 



268 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

In the spring of 1900, the S. S. Committee, A. L. Thomas, P. 
H. Deane and E. A. Russell, recommended that a course of 
.study be adopted and the schools graded. As soon as possible 
a course of study was arranged and in the fall of 1900 went into 
effect. When the work of the eight grades into which the 
course is divided is completed, the pupils are fitted to enter a 
high school or academy. The present year, 1901, it is expected 
that a class of seven will graduate and receive diplomas as hav- 
ing completed the work of the primary and grammar grades. 
Already an improvement in the work of the schools is noted as a 
result of the adoption of the course. The change has received 
the hearty support of the citizens of Leeds. 

A society, composed of teachers and those interested in the 
welfare of the schools was formed in the spring of 1900 and 
received the name of the Leeds Educational Club. Its meetings 
are held at the beginning. r>t the middle and at the close of eaci. 
term of school. Subjects relating to school are discussed and 
original papers by the members presented. 

A public educational meeting was held in the fall of 1899, on 
Quaker Ridge, in which the three towns of Leeds, Greene, and 
Turner participated. The superintendents and teachers of these 
towns were present and many citizens. An interesting program 
was given. W. W. Stetson, State Superintendent, was m 
attendance and gave valuable assistance. 

School Improvement Leagues have been formed at North 
Leeds, which school has been named the Washington School, and 
at Quaker Ridge, which is called the Longfellow School. Books 
for the use of the schools have been procured, pictures to hang 
upon the walls and other improvements made. 

The teachers in the different schools in the spring of 19OT 
are as follows : — 

North Leeds, Washington School. Mrs. Kittie Russell. 

Gould's Corner, Miss Addie F. Woodman. 

Otis, Miss Lucy M. Foss. 

West Leeds, Miss Marion T. Bishop. 

Brick, Miss Mabel L. Dyer. 

Curtis Corner, Miss Alice B. Lindsay. 

Longfellow School, ]\Iiss Estella M. Johnson. 

Keen's Corner, Miss Mable D. Lincoln. 



CHAPTER XL 

PROFESSIONAL MEN. 

Leeds has produced a goodly number of professional men ; 
as many, perhaps, as most X. E. towns with no greater num- 
ber of inhabitants. Li the list are included a very few names 
of early settlers who were not born in the town, yet resided 
therein most of their lives. Most have been graduated from 
colleges in the State, some of whom we are uninformed as to 
place. Of medical men, the average of production has been one 
every four years ; of lawyers, one every eight years ; of minis- 
ters, one every four or five years. It will be observed that many 
more have been produced than required for home use ; thus the 
legitimate claim is laid, thai Leeds has furnished a surplus and 
is entitled to a seat of honor with towns in her class. 

PHYSICIANS. 

Bridgham, Thomas W. 
Daly, Abial, first in the town. 
Foss, Simeon. 

Foss, Cordellus, graduate Bowdoin ^ledical College. 
Gould, J. F., graduate Harvard ^Medical College. 
Gould, E. T., graduate Bow^doin ^ledical College. 
Gould, W. E., graduate Bowdoin ^Medical College. 
Gould, Frank. 

Howard, \'. R., graduate Bowdoin Medical College. 
Jennings, R. G., graduate Bowdoin Medical College. 
Knapp, Cvrus, graduate Bow^doin Medical College, Class of 
1825. 

Loring, R. S., 45 years active practice in Leeds. 

Millett, Asa. 

Otis, Amos, graduate Bowdoin Medical College. 

Parcher, Sewall, graduate Bowdoin Medical College. 

Stinchfield, Thomas B., graduate Bowdoin ^Medical College. 

Stinchfield, John K., graduate Bowdoin Medical College. 

Stinchfield, Charles K., graduate Bow^doin ]\Iedical College. 

Turner, George W. 

Turner, Thomas. 

Turner, John, graduate Bov/doin ^ledical College. 

Turner, Benjamin, graduate Bowdoin Medical College. 



270 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

LAWYERS AND JUDGES. 

Boothby, Stephen, graduate Colby. 

Bridgham, Thomas W., graduate Colby. 

Gilmore, R. H., graduate Bowdoin. 

Hutchins, C. K.. graduate Bowdoin. 

Jennings, Orville, graduate Bowdoin. 

Knapp, Cyrus, Judge. 

Lothrop, Jeremiah, graduate Bowdoin. 

Lothrop, V. W., graduate Bowdoin. 

Lindsey, John, graduate Bowdoin, Judge. 

Otis, John, graduate Bowdoin, member of 31st Congress. 

Stinchfield, S. D., graduate Bowdoin, Judge. 

Stinchfield, A. G., graduate Bowdoin. 

Stinchfield, O. O., graduate Amherst. 

MINISTERS. 

Boothby, Samuel, Baptist Minister. 
Berry, Loren F., Congregational Minister. 
Bishop — son of Welcome. 
Carver, Elezer, Baptist Minister. 
Carver, W. W., Baptist Minister. 
Carver, F., Baptist Minister. 

Francis, Thomas D., Baptist Minister, first in the town. 
Foss, Walter, Baptist Minister. 
Foss, Richard, Baptist Minister. 

Foster, W. H., Methodist Minister, more than one-half cen- 
tury. 

Gordon, G. C, Christian Minister. 
Gould, L. P., Free Baptist Minister. 
Howard, R. B., Congregational Minister. 
Howard, L. L., Second Advent Minister. 
Knapp, Aziel L., Minister. 
Libby, Henry, Baptist Minister. 
Millett, Joshua, Baptist Minister. 
Millett, William, Baptist Minister. 
Sylvester, Bradbury, Minister. 
Wheeler, John, Second Advent Minister. 
Wheeler, Asaph, Second Advent Minister. 

OTHER PROFESSIONS. 

Bates, George, Doctor of Dentistry. 

Howard, Fletcher, Com. of Pharmacy. 

Lothrop, Luther R., Civil Engineer. 

Millett, Ozias, Civil Engineer. 

In the hurried canvass made by Mr. Russell L. Gould, to 
whom is due the credit of obtaining the foregoing lists, omis- 
sions may have been made, yet better so than that no record 
should appear. 



CHAPTER XII. 

EXCERPTS FROM TOWN RECORDS FIRST MEETING FIRST OFFICERS, 

ETC. 

The warrant for the first town meeting, that under which the 
town was organized, was issued by John Chandler, Esq., of Win- 
throp, and held at the house of Solomon Millett, April 6, 1801. 
Dr. Abiel Daily was chosen clerk and treasurer ; John Whiting, 
Daniel Lothrop, Oliver Otis, selectmen and assessors ; James 
Lindsey, collector; Levi Caswell, Stephen Welcome, John 
Jennings, Daniel Lothrop, Jr., fence viewers; Isaac Collier, Josiah 
Turner, Giddings Lane, Thomas Lindsey, tithing men ; Josiah 
Turner, surveyor of boards ; Isaac Collier, sealer of weights and 
measures ; William Turner, viewer and sealer of brick moles ; 
Abiel Daily, Benjamin Millett, Stephen Welcome, Cornelius Gil- 
bert, Joseph Freeman, hog reeves; James Lane, pound-keeper; 
Robert Elms, William Gilbert, Samuel Jennings, William Pet- 
tengill, field drivers ; Josiah Day, Joseph Day, William Gilbert, 
.Samuel Jennings, Giddings Lane, Thomas Lindsey, highways ; 
Joseph Day, Levi Bates, W^illiam Gilbert, John Jennings, Oliver 
Randall, Obadiah Pettingill, school committee. Voted to raise 
$700 for highways, and $200 for schools. Caleb Strong had 60 
votes, and Elbridge Gerry 13 votes, for Governor. April 30, 
Isaac Collier and Obadiah Pettingill were added to the Board of 
Selectmen. June i. voted to pay for recording the county roads 
laid out from Greene to Livermore and Monmouth. April 6, 

1806, voted to raise $75 for town stock of powder, etc. May 11. 

1807, voted that the selectmen petition the General Court to grant 
the petition for incorporating a canal from Androscoggin to 
Kennebec rivers. November 16, same year, voted to hold town 
meetings at the Baptist meeting-house. March 5, 1810, voted to 
raise $70, to procure military stores. May 7, voted that the select- 
men be authorized to give a bounty of 25 cents to each person that 
shall present to them a crow killed in Leeds, at any time to the 
middle of July next. Nov. 5, voted to build a brick house tO 
deposit the military stores in, to be completed by May first, 1811, 
and to put up the building of the house to the lowest bidder. 
Josiah Turner bid it ofif for $23. Dec. 20, 1810, voted to raise 
$130, to complete the stock of military stores and to defray other 
expenses. 1812, Nov. 2, voted to pay the detached militia m.en 
$5 per month, in case they are called into actual service. May 5, 



272 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

1813, voted to pay the Baptist Society $8 for the use of the meet- 
ing-house to hold town meetings in. 1815, April 3, voted that the 
town treasurer pay to the officers commanding the militia com- 
panies in September last, 60 cents for each man in said companies 
who furnished themselves with three days' ammunition while in 
government service. May 8, voted to allow 60 cents to each 
commissioned officer and 20 cents to each soldier in the militia of 
the town who were called into service and not drafted at Pittston. 
May 20, 1 8 16, on the question of separation of the District of 
Maine and its erection into a separate state, Leeds voted yes, 
164; noes, 3. Sept. 20, 1819, Elder Thomas Francis chosen dele- 
gate to the constitutional convention in Portland, and December 
6 it was unanimously voted to approve the constitution there 
adopted. 

April 3, 1820, for the first Governor of Alaine Hon. William 
King had 141 votes with 5 scattering. Sept. 9, 1822, voted to 
build a town house. Seth Fish bid off the buildins- for $246. 
Voted that he come under bonds in the sum of $300 to finish the 
house by September next in a workmanlike manner. Sept. 8, 
1823, the first meeting was held in the town house. In 1824, 
Daniel Foss, John Keen and Stephen Rackley were licensed to 
sell spirituous liquors. April 4, 1825, voted that Mr. Elias Lane 
build the pound according to the plan, for $30. March 7, 183 1, 
voted to raise $400 for support of the poor. Voted to notify town 
meetings, in the future, by posting notices at the town house, 
at Oliver P. Frost's shop and at Stephen Welcome's store. In 
1832, April 2, voted to notify town meetings in the future by 
posting notifications at Metcalf's store, at the Baptist meeting- 
house and at William Turner's store. Sept. 10, voted to build 
a stone bridge over the stream near Robert Gould's. (Westerly 
from and near North Leeds railroad station.) Alarch 31, 1834, 
voted that Israel Herrick and Allen Freeman have gates on so 
much of the road as exists between the southeast corner of Sam- 
uel and Israel Herrick's orchard and Allen Freeman's corner, so 
called, during the pleasure of the town. In 1836, voted to build 
a good, new float bridge at or near where the old float bridge 
now is across Dead River. March 7, 1837, voted to raise $650, 
for support of the poor. April i, 1839, the constable was directed 
to post up copies of the warrants for town meetings at Walter 
Foss's tavern, at Stephen Welcome's store, at Stephen Day's 
store and on the outside door of the towm-house. Dec. i, voted 
that Harvey Bates, L^riah Foss and Isaac Boothby, borrow $250 
to pay the expenses of camp equipage, etc., furnished the soldiers 
drafted by order of the Legislature in 1839, and that they be 
renumerated (reimbursed?) from the town treasury. 

In 1841, April 5, the town was divided into twelve school 
districts and the limits defined. March 8, 1843, resolved tliat the 



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selectmen be instructed to use lawful means to suppress the sale 
of intoxicating drinks without a license in all places of the town. 
May I, the constable was directed to notify town meetings by 
posting (copies of) the warrant at the Center Meeting-House, 
at Union Chapel, at Welcome's store, and at the school-house 
near Thomas Owen's. Dec. 9, the town line between Leeds and 
Monmouth was perambulated. 1846, Oct. 26, the much discussed 
bridge to succeed the tioat bridge across Dead River was let to 
Josiah Day, 2d, to build. Price $300 and old bridge. 1847, 
March 2^, voted to raise $2,000 for highways, $450 for town 
expenses, $300 for bridge, $90 for making road to Monmouth 
line. 1848, April 25, East Livermore line perambulated. Sept. 
II, voted to build a bridge near George Turner's. 1849. ^larch 
6, voted to build a hearse house and purchase hearse, harness, 
etc., for the town and to raise $100 for the purpose. 185 1, March 
4, the clerk was authorized to collect all the books, maps, charts 
and papers properly belonging to the towm, and voted that, wdien 
any one takes out any of the above named, he shall be charged 
with the same ; also, voted to repair the town house and that the 
selectmen shall erect guide-posts ; also to petition the Legislature 
to define the boundaries of the town. April 7, voted to prosecute 
all violations of the law in the sale of intoxicating liquors. Feb. 
9, 1852, voted to aid the Androscoggin Railroad to the extent of 
$15,000, 145 in favor, 106 against. March 10, voted that town 
meetings be notified by posting notices on all the meeting-houses 
in town except the Friends. . 1853, IVIarch 7, raised $500 to pa> 
town debts. 1854, March 7, voted $825 for schools, $800 for the 
poor, $250 for debts, $200 for expenses, $3,000 for highways. 
A new burying-ground in District Xo. 3 this year. In September 
cast 143 votes for Lewiston as coimty seat and 48 for Auburn. 
Oct. 2, John Gilmore, Issacher Lane and Isaac Boothby were 
chosen a committee to buy a town farm, which they did soon 
as Jan. 15, 1855, ^"d ^t was voted that the committee who pur- 
chased the town farm procure all needed supplies for the poor, 
and February 10 William Robbins and wife were engagd to lal)or 
on and oversee the town farm and poor for $200 for the year. 
In April, 1857, voted to discontinue the bridge across Dead River 
near where Samuel Roothbv formerly lived, and to rebuild the 
Foss and Stinchfield bridges. December 4, voted not to rebuild 
the buildings of the town farm, but instructed the selectmen to 
sell the farm and buy another whenever in either case they deemea 
it for the interest of the town to do so. [These buildings were 
burned November 25. 1857, and Mary Pease and Mary A. Bridg- 
ham lost their lives.] In i860, Israel Washburn. Jr., had 171 
votes for Governor and Ephraim K. Smart 120. In 1865, voted 
$1050 for schools, $500 for poor, $150 for repairing roads and 
bridges, $200 for expenses, $2,000 for town debt and interest, 

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2 74 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

$2,500 for highways. January 7, 1867, S. L. Howard chosen 
selectman in place Aaron Winslow, resigned. March 10, 1858, 
voted to raise $150 for guide-posts. May 4, voted $300 to repair 
town house. 1873, March 17, voted to raise $400 for the sup- 
port of free high schools the ensuing year. 1874, Alarch 9, voted 
that any corporation or individual investing not less than $3,000 
in any manufacturing carried on by steam or water-power located 
at Leeds Center, shall be exempt from taxation for ten years. 
1887, voted to abolish the liquor agency. 1879, Sept. 8, voted 
unanimously for biennial elections and sessions of the Legisla- 
ture. 1880, March 8, voted Isaiah B. Additon to go before the 
Legislative committee on State valuation at such time as he may 
deem proper, to effect, if possible, a reduction of the valuation of 
the town. 1882, March 13, voted that the selectmen procure a 
hearse and provide a place to keep it. 1886, March 8. voted to 
exempt the Lewiston M'onumental Works from taxation for six 
}cars if they will locate at West Leeds. 1887. March 14. voted 
to erect guide-boards at all points needed and repair old ones as 
required by law. 1890, March 10, the Superintending Schooi 
Committee were instructed to expend the undrawn balance of 
the free high school appropriation of 1887 in the maintenance of 
a free high school in District No. 10 for not exceedino- ten weeks 
from February 24. The appropriations were : For support of 
schools, $1,000; for support of poor. $600; for roads and 
bridges, $500 ; for labor and material on highways, $2.000 ; for 
school text-books, $300 ; for repair of farm buildings, $200 ; for 
miscellaneous purposes, $500. Sept. 8, the vote for Governor 
was: William P. Thompson, 98; Edwin C. Burleigh, 97; Isaac 
R. Clark, 11 ; Aaron Clark. 3. In 1891, the annual report shows 
a valuation of $302,369, of which $214,385 is resident real estate 
and $63,208 personal. The number of polls 271 at $2 each. The 
treasurer's account shows total receipts $4,676.99 and total 
expenditures $4,521.84, leaving an undrawn balance Feb. 20, 
1891, of $155.15. Under thi'. vote of May 7, 1810, to wit : "Voted 
that the selectmen be authorized to give a bounty of 25 cents each 
to each person that shall present to them a crow killed in Leeds 
at any time to the middle of July next," the records show that 
$7.90 was paid for dead crows, in conformity with that vote. 
The amount paid called for 31 3-5 dead crows. Qtiery — Who 
killed the crow that was roosting on the town line, or presented 
to them one only 3-5 dead ? 



CHAPTER XIII. 

LIST OF LEEDS TOWN OFFICERS. 

Moderators. 

1801-2, Isaac Collier. 

1803, Oliver Otis. 

1804-5-6, Capt. Seth Howard. 

1807-8, Capt. Daniel I othrop. 

1809, Capt. Seth Howard. 

1810-11, Capt. Daniel Lothrop. 

1812, Oliver Otis. 

18 1 3, George Turner. 
1814-15, Capt. Daniel Lothrop. 
1816-17-18, Capt. Seth Howard. 
1819-20, Capt. Daniel Lothrop. 
1821-2, Stillman Howard. 

1823, Capt. Daniel Lothrop. 

1824, Levi Foss. 

1825, Roland B. Howard. 
1826-7, Stillman Hov/ard. 

1828, John Carver. 

1829, Stillman Howard. 

1830, Capt. Seth Howard. 

1831, Levi Foss. 
1832-3-4-5-6 — Stillman Howard. 
1837-8-9, Ensign Otis. 

1 840- 1, Leavitt Lothrop. 
1842-3-4-5, Uriah Foss. 

1846, Walter Foss. 

1847, Uriah Foss. 

1848, Stillman Howard. 

1849, Caleb Carver. 

1850, Oscar D. Turner. 

185 1, Ozias Millett. 
1852-3, Barnabus Davee. 
1854-5, Issachar Lane. 
1856-7, L^riah Foss. 

1858, Oscar D. Turner. 

1859. Barnabus Davee. 
t86o-t. Uriah Foss. 



276 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

1862-3-4-5-6-7-8, Barnabus Davee. 

1869, Oscar D. Turner. 

1870, Barnabus Davee. 

1 87 1, Oscar D. Turner and B. Davee. 
1872-3-4, B. Davee. 

1875-6-7, Setb Howard. 
1878-9-80, Rodolpbus Jennings. 
1881-2, Uriab Foss. 
1883-4, R. Jennings. 
1885-6-7-8, George Parcber. 
1889-90- 1 -2, George Parcber, 
1893-4-S-6-7, E. E. Additon. 
1898-9, ^E. E. Additon. 
1900, W. P. Foss. 
190T, E. E. Additon. 

Clerks. 

1 80 1 to 1803, Abial Daily. 

1804, Isaac Colber. 

1805, Abial Daily. 

1806 to 1 82 1, Tbomas Davis Francis. 
1822 to 1837, Thomas W. Bridgbam, 
1838 to 1841, Thomas D. Francis. 
• 1842 to 1848, Barnabas Davee. 
1 849- 1 850, Friend D. Lord. 
185 1 to 1853, Franklin B. Leonard. 
1854 to 1857, John Turner. 
1858 to 1862, Gessius F. Jennings. 
1863 to i86s, Davis Francis. 
1866 to 1868, Joseph G. Gott. 
1869 to 1878, John Turner. 

1879, Charles H. Foster. 

1880, William R. Pettingill. 
1881-1882, Charles H. Foster. 
1883, Gustavus W. Lane. 
1884 to 1 90 1, R. S. Loring. 

Selectmen. 

1801, John Whiting, Daniel Lothrop. Oliver Otis, Isaac Collier^ 

Obadiah Pettingill. 

1802, John Whiting, Uriah Foss, Isaac Collier. 
1803-1804, Oliver Otis, John Whiting, Robert Gould. 

1805, John Whiting, David Woodman, LIriab Foss. 

1806, L^riah Foss. Isaac Collier, George Lothrop. 

1807, George Lothrop, Isaac Collier, Robert Gould. 



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j8o8, Isaac George Lothrop, Capt. Othniel Pratt. 

1809, Thomas D. Francis, John Whiting, Moses Stevens. 

1810, Thomas D. Francis, John Whiting, George Lothrop. 
l8ii, Thomas D. Francis, George Lothrop, Abial Daily. 
1812-1813, Thomas D. Francis, Uriah Foss, Isaiah Beales. 

1814, Thomas D. Francis, Uriah Foss, Martin Leonard. 

181 5, Thomas D. Francis, George Turner, Ohver Otis. 

1816, Thomas D. Francis, Uriah Foss, OHver Otis. 
1817-18-19, Thomas D. Francis, Uriah Foss, George Lothrop. 
1820-1821, Thomas D. Francis, Lewis Turner, Daniel Parcher. 
1822, William Gould, Harvey Bates, John Francis. 
1823-1824, Capt. John Francis, William Gould, Harvey Bates. 

1825, Capt. John Francis, Harvey Bates, Solomon Lothrop. 

1826, Capt. John Francis, Solomon Lothrop, Stephen Wellcome. 

1827, Oliver Otis, Harvey Bates, Stephen Wellcome. 

1828, Capt. John Francis, Solomon Lothrop. Levi Foss. 

1829, Harvey Bates, Israel Herrick, Stillman Howard. 
1820-183 1, Harvey Bates, Levi Foss, Solomon Lothrop. 
1832, Harvey Bates, Israel Herrick, John Gould. 
1833-34-1835. Capt. John Francis, Stephen Rackley, Josliua S. 

Turner. 

1836, Joshua S. Turner, Benjamin Francis, Issacher Lane. 

1837, Harvey Bates, Benjamin Francis, Issacher Lane, 
1838-1839, Harvey Bates, Uriah Foss, Isaac Boothby. 
1849, John Gilmore, Uriah Foss, Isaac Boothby. 

1841, John Gilmore, Reuel Foss, George K. Stinchfield. 

1842, Josiah Day, 2d, Harvey Bates, Charles Knapp. 
1843-1844, Leavitt Lothrop, Josiah Day, 2d, Benjamin Francis. 

1845, Leavitt Lothrop, Benjamin Francis, Uriah Foss. 

1846, Josiah Day, 2d, Uriah Foss, Thomas Owen. 

1847, Uriah Foss, Thomas Owen, Isaac Boothby. 

1848, Uriah Foss, Isaac Boothby, John Lane. 

1849, Isaac Boothby, Peleg B. Caswell, Stillman L. Howard. 
•1850, Peleg B. Caswell, Stillman L. Howard. George K. Stinch- 
field. 

185 1, Stillman L. Howard, George K. Stinchfield, Davis F. 
Lothrop. 

1852, Josiah Day, Cyrus Bates, Francis D. Millett. 
1853-1854, Harvey Bates, S. L. Howard, Isaac True Boothby. 
1855, S. L. Howard, Salmon Brewster, LTriah Foss. 
1856-1857, Uriah Foss, Peleg B. Caswell, Isaiah B. Additon. 
1858, P. B. Caswell, Isaac Boothby, Oscar D Turner. 
1859-1860, I. B. Additon. O. D. Turner. Augustus Ramsdell. 

1861, P. B. Caswell, Lloyd Gould, Samuel More. 

1862, Benjamin Francis, Greenwood C. Gordon, Beni". Hodsdon. 

1863, Benjamin Hodsdon, G. C. Gordon, Arza G. Lothrop. 

1864, Seth Howard, Benjaniin Turner, Henry F. Woodman. 



278 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

1865, Stillman L. Howard, Uriah Foss, Davis Francis. 

1866, S. L. Howard, Davis Francis, Benjamin Hodsdon. 

1867, A. G. Lothrop, Freeman Andrews, Aaron Winslow. 

1868, A. G. Lothrop, Benjamin Francis, Benjamin Hodsdon. 

1869, A. G. Lothrop, Benjamin Francis, G. C. Gordon. 

1870, L B. Additon, G. F. Jennings, Thomas S. Carver. 
1871 to 1878, L B. Additon, T. S. Carver, A. J. Foss. 
1879-1880, L B. Additon, WilHam B. Sumner, John F. Jennings. 
1881-1882, L B. Additon, W. B. Sumner, W. Henry Francis. 
1883, L B. Additon, J. F. Jennings, Joseph Moody. 

1884- 1885, Charles A. Lovejoy, J. F. Jennings, Joseph Moody. 
1886-1887, C. A. Lovejoy, Henry F. Pettingill, Joseph Moody. 
1888, C. A. Lovejoy, Cyrus B. Lane, George T. Bishop. 
1889- 1890, C. B. Lane, G. T. Bishop, G. A. Jennings. 

1891, C. B. Lane, G. T. Bishop, George Parcher. 

1892, C. B. Lane, G. T. Bishop, G. A. Jennings. 

1893 to 1895, G. T. Bishop, E. V. Daly, G. T. Howe. 
1896-1897, E. V. Daly W. P. Foss, S. Homer Deane. 
1898-1899, George Parcher, Fred L. Additon, S. Homer Deane. 
1900-1901, Fred L. Additon, S. Homer Deane, A. T. Barker. 

Treasurers. 

1801-2-3, Abiel Daily. 

1804, Isaac Collier. 

1805, Abiel Daily. 

1806 to 1 82 1, Thomas D. Francis. 

1822 to 1829, Thomas W. Bridgham. 

1830 to 1832, Stephen Rackley. 

1833, Issacher Lane. 

1834-5, Stillman Howard. 

1836 to 1839, Stephen Rackley. 

1840 to 1842, Issacher Lane. 

1843 to 1849, Giddings Lane. 

1850, Josiah Day. 

185 1 to 1855, John Gilmore. 

1856 to 1862, Issacher Lane. 

1863 to 1876, Benjamin Francis. 

1 877- 1 878, Davis Francis. 

1 879- 1 880, Seth Howard. 

1881 to 1883, G. W. Lane. 

1 884- 1 885, Seth Howard. 

1886-1887, Benjamin Turner. 

1888, G. A. Jennings. 

1889 to 1891, T. S. Carver. 

1892, Seth Howard. 

1893, C. B. Lane. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 279 

"" 1894, Fred Perry. 

1895, G. A. Jennings. 

1896 to 1900, T. H. Boothby. 

1901. D. P. True. 

School Committee. 

"The value of education was impressed upon the children 
of the first settlers by their first teacher, that wise man, Thomas 
D. Francis. The later families brought from their Massachu- 
setts homes that reverence for learning so characteristic of the 
sons of the old Bay State." 

April 6, 1801, the people of Littleborough gathered for the 
purpose of organizing a township, and when they went forth 
from that meeting they were citizens of Leeds. An important 
feature in the acts of those organizers was the granting of $200 
for the support of schools. A committee was elected, whose 
duty it was to supervise the expenditure of that money and pro- 
vide places in their respective sections of the town where the 
children could assemble for instruction. To them was the right 
given and the duty imposed of procuring the teachers. Not until 
1824 are we able to learn from the records of the town, that a 
committee, vested with other powers and duties, were annually 
elected. It would appear, in the absence of proof, that instead of 
a committee of general supervision, the management of schools 
was vested in local agents elected from the various sections of 
the town where schools were wont to be taught. The members 
of the committee elected at the first meeting were : Joseph Day, 
Levi Bates, William Gilbert, John Jennings, Oliver Randell and 
Obadiah Pettingill. Nov. 7, 1803, Thomas D. Francis, Abiel 
Daily and George Turner, Jr., were chosen to inspect schools and 
teachers. Whether their official service continued until 1824, is 
a conundrum. 

School Committee. 

1824, Thomas W. Bridgham, John Francis, W^illiam Carver. 

1825, Thomas W. Bridgham, John Francis, Ezekiel Bates. 

1826, Thomas W. Bridgham, John Francis, Walter Foss. 

1827, Thomas W. Bridgham, Walter Foss, Joshua Millett. 

1828, Thomas W. Bridgham, Thomas D. Francis, Martin 
Leonard. 

1829, Thomas W. Bridgham, Simeon Foss, John Francis. 
1830-1, Thomas W. Bridgham. John Francis, Simeon .Foss. 
1832-3, Thomas W. Bridgham, Alanson B. Caswell, Barnabus 

Davee. 
1834, Thomas W. Bridgham, Barnabus Davee, Sands Baily. 



28o HISTORY OF LEEDS 

1835, Thomas W. Bridgham, John Francis, Walter Foss. 

1836, Thomas W. Bridgham, Walter Foss, P. B. Caswell. 

1837, Seth Millett, W. H. Foster, Franklin B. Leonard. 
1838-9-40, Barnabus Davee, W. H. Foster, Seth Millett. 

1841, Barnabus Davee, Stephen R. Deane, Samuel P. True. 

1842, Stephen R. Deane, Samuel P. True, Benjamin Francis. 

1843, S. R. Deane, S. P. True, Thaddeus F. More. 

1844, Barnabus Davee, Isaiah B. Additon, Stillman L. Howard. 

1845, S. P. True, Ozias Millett, Luther Thomas. 

1846, O. Millett, Luther Thomas, Josiah Turner. 
1847-8, Walter Foss, S. P. True. S. L. Howard. 

1849, Ozias Millett, John Turner, P. B. Caswell. 

1850, Ozias Millett, John Turner, L B. Additon. 

185 1, Alden Barrows, Seth Howard, Ozias Millett. 
1852-3, A. Barrows, Ozias Millett, Arza G. Lothrop. 

1854, A. Barrows, Ozias Millett, Thomas W. Bridgham. 

1855, Ozias Millett, T. W. Bridgham, L B. Additon. 

1856, T. W. Bridgham, L B. Additon, Ozias Millett. 

1857, L B. Additon, Seth Howard, G. F. Jennings. 

1858, Seth Howard, G. F. Jennings, Henry F. Woodman. 

1859, Gr. F. Jennings. H. F. Woodman, Seth Howard. 

Supervisors of Schools. 

1860-1, George Parcher. 

1862, Wallac'e R. Leadbetter. 

School Committee. 

1863, Wallace R. Leadbetter, Joseph G. Gott, Peter A. Bodge. 

1864, J. G. Gott, Seth Howard, Rodolphus Jennings. 

1865, Seth Howard, H. F. Woodman, J. G. Gott. 

1866, J. G. Gott, Seth Howard, George Parcher. 
1867-8, George Parcher, J. G. Gott, W. R. Leadbetter. 

1869, no record. 

1870, S. R. Deane (3 years term). 

1871, J. G. Gott (3 years term). 

1872, Rodolphus Jennings (3 years term). 

1873, S. R. Deane (3 years term). 

1874, William R. Pettingill (3 years term). 

1875, R. Jennings (3 years term). 

1876, S. "R. Deane (3 years term). -' 

1877, William R. Pettingill (3 years term). 

1878, R. Jennings. . , 



Supervisors. 



1879-80, R. Jennings. 
188 1 -2, G. W. Lane. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 28 1 



School Committee. 



1883, G. W. Lane, G. W. Bates, J. C. Wing. 

1884, George Parcher (3 years term). 

1885, G. W. Bates (3 years term). 

1886, J. C. Wing (3 years term). 

1887, Wm. R. Pettingill, E. 1. Clifford, E. E. Additon. 



Supervisors. 



1888-9, E. E. Additon. 
1 890- 1, Laura Sylvester. 
1892-3, F. H. Herrick. 



School Committee. 

1894, E. E. Additon, H. L. Grant. W. H. Bishop ; E. E. Additon, 

Superintendent. 

1895, P. L. Turner. 

1896, E. E. Additon. 

1897, W. H. Bishop. 

1898, P. H. Deane, P. L. Turner, A. L. Thomas; W. E. Gould, 

Superintendent. 

1899, P. H. Deane ; H. H. Herrick, Superintendent. 

1900, E. A. Russell ; F. H. Herrick, Superintendent. 

1901, A. L. Thomas; F. H. Herrick, Superintendent. 

Constables and Collectors. 

801, James Lindsey. 

802, Othniel Pratt. 
803-4, Stephen Welcome. 

805, James Stanley. 

806, Phineas Foss. 

807, Levi Foss. 

808, James Stanley. 
809-1 o-i I, Stephen Welcome. 
812, Joseph Bishop. 
813-14, Phineas Foss. 

815, George Lothrop. 

816, Stephen Welcome. 

817, Levi Foss. 

818, Levi Caswell. 
819-20-1-2, Levi Foss. 

823, Cyrus Foss. 

824, Caleb Carver. 
825-6-7-8-9, Cyrus Foss. 
830-1-2, Leavitt Lothrop. 
833, Nelson Gilbert. 



252 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

1834, Uriah Foss. 

1835, Peleg B. Caswell, 

1836, Leavitt Lothrop. 

1837, Stephen Dav. 

1838, P. B. Caswell. 

1839, Joshua S. Turner. 

1840, Phillips Turner. 

1841, Giddings Lane. 

1842, Phillips Turner. 
1843-4-5, Issachar Lane. 

1 846-7-8-9-50- 1, John D. Millett. 
1852-3, John Y. Merrill. 
1854-5-6, P. B. Caswell. 
1857-8, Oscar D. Turner. 
1859, Jason Woodman. 
i860, Solomon L. Lothrop.. 
1861-2-3, Jason Woodman. 
1864-5, O. D. Turner. 

1866, Benjamin Francis. 

1867, Ward B. Howard. 

1868, Russell B. Hersey. 

1869, Lewis P. Boothby. 

1870, Melvin Berry. 

1 87 1, Jason Woodman. 
1872-3-4, Chandler F. Cobb. 
1875 to 1882, Lewis P. Boothby. 
1883-4, Thomas H. Boothby. 
1885-6-7, Lewis P. Boothby. 
1888-9, Warren Carver. 

1890 to 1897, Herbert L. Grant. 
1898 to 190T, E. E. Additon. 

Representatives to the Massachusetts Legislature. 

Leeds was unrepresented until 1806. Its first representative- 
was in attendance that vear at the General Court. 



I 


Thomas Davis Francis, 1806; 


2 


Seth How^ard, 1807 ; 


3 

4 
5 
6 


Daniel Lothrop, Jr., 1808; 
Daniel Lothrop, Jr., 1809; 
Daniel Lothrop, Jr.. 1810; 
Daniel Lothrop, 181 1; 


7 
8 

9 
10 


Daniel Lothrop, 1812; 
Daniel Lothrop, 1813 ; 
Daniel Lothrop, 1814; 
Martin Leonard, 1815; 


II 


Daniel Lothrop, 1816; 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 28;^ 

12 Daniel Lothrop, 1817; 

13 Stillman Howard, 1820; 

^lember of the Constitutional Convention Oct. 29 : 

14 Thomas D. Francis, 1819; 

Members of the Maine Legislature : 

15 Thomas D. Francis, 1820; 

16 Thomas D. Francis, 1821 ; 

17 Thomas W. Bridgham, 1822; 

18 Thomas W. Bridgham, 1823; 

19 Thomas D. Francis, 1824; 

20 Thomas D. Francis, 1825; 

21 Thomas W. Bridgham, 1826; 
2.2 Thomas W. Bridgham, 1827; 

23 Stillman Howard, 1828; 

24 Daniel Lothrop, 1829 ; 

25 Stillman Howard, 1830; 

26 John Francis, 1831 ; 
2^ John Francis, 1832 ; 

28 Leavitt Lothrop. 1833 ; 

29 Leavitt Lothrop, 1834; 

30 Israel Herrick, 1835 ; 

31 Israel Herrick, 1836; 

32 Issacher Lane, 1837; 

33 Solomon Lothrop, 1838; 

34 Solomon Lothrop, 1839; 

35 Joshua S. Turner, 1840; 

36 John D. Millett, 1841 ; 

37 Joshua S. Turner, 1842; 

Classification : 

38 Barnabus Davee, 1845 ; 

39 Thomas W. Bridgham, 1847; 

40 Joseph Day, 2d, 1849; 

41 Peleg B. Caswell, 1851 ; 

42 Peleg B. Caswell, 1852 ; 

Androscoggin County:. 

43 Giddings Lane, 1854; 

44 Thomas Owen, 1856; 

45 Uriah Foss, 1858 : 

46 John Gilmore, i860 ; 

47 Davis Francis Lothrop, 1863; 

47 Greenwood C. Gordon, 1866; 

48 Wallace R. Leadbetter, 1868; 

49 Joseph G. Gott, 1870; 

50 Oscar D. Turner, 1872; 

51 George Parcher, 1875; 

52 Wallace R. Leadbetter, 1877; 

53 Charles H. Lane, 1879 : 



^84 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Biennial sessions of Legislature; 

54 Seth Howard, 1885 ; 

55 Willard Lothrop, 1893; 

56 Thomas H. Boothby, 1901. 



Governor's Council. 

Stillman Howard. 

R. C. Boothbv, b. and reared in Leeds. 



Senators. 



1 Thomas D. Francis, 

2 Leavitt Lothrop, 

3 George Parcher. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



MILITARY RECORD OF LEEDS. 



This chapter, prepared to comniemorate the people of Leeds- 
who participated in the wars that gave to the country its inde- 
pendence, and since preserved its federal unity and national 
honor, is the result of a careful research of the Adjutant Gen- 
eral's Reports, and contains as accurate an account of each soldier 
as can be drawn from those records made under the excitement 
and confusion of wars of such magnitude as those which have 
marked the milestones in our country's history. The solemnity 
of war and its attendant sufferings excludes a historian from- 
including mirthful anecdote and embellishment. 



IVar of the Revolution. 

Many of the early settlers of Littleborough had been actively 
engaged in throwing off the "British Yoke." 
Appended is a list of their names : 



Major Daniel Lothrop, 
Lieut. William Gilbert, 
Thomas Stinchfield, 

(unattached service), 
Thomas D. Francis, 
Daniel Lane, 
Joseph Knapp, 
Increase Leadbetter, 
William Lindsey, 
Marshfield T. Paul, 
Daniel Robbins. 
Jirah Fish, 
David Paul, 
Stephen Foster, 
Zadock Bishop, 
Daniel Jones, 
James Lindsey, 
William Turner, 
Nathaniel House, 

Highland, 

Cuff Chambers, 
Simon Pero, 

Last three were negroes. 



Lieut. Daniel Lothrop, 2d, 
Lieut. Elisha Shaw, 



Thomas Millett, 
George Parcher, 
Benjamin Woodman, 
Francis George, 
Andrew Cushman, 
James Lamb, 
Ebenezer Mason, 
Abram Wickett, 
Daniel Haines, 
Oliver Randall, 
5^muel Arnold, 
Israel Royal, 
Isaac Collins, 
Aaron Brewster, 
Phillips, 

Prince D'Onset. 



2 86 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

I Far of 1812. 

Benjamin Woodman, Daniel Paul, 

Charles Pratt, Joseph Freeman, 

Samuel Swift, Levi Bates, 

Allen Freeman, Eli Herrick, 

Bennett Lamh. Benjamin His^gins, 

William Mitchell, David Paul, 

A. Southard, Nathaniel House, Jr. 
Walter Pratt, 

Civil War. 

Leeds has a war record unsurpassed by any town in the State, 
of its size. Some towns furnished more men, but no more in 
proportion to inhabitants and none better. Leeds' contribution 
was 161 men, headed by her "Christian Soldier," General Oliver 
Otis Howard, whose record alone is glory enough for one town; 
but. when we name the hero of every battle from Vera Cruz to 
the surrender of the City of Mexico, the same who led a regi- 
ment through the Civil War — Col. Warren L. Lothrop; and 
further present the names of Brevet Brigadier-General Charles 
Howard and the valiant young Lieutenant-Colonel of the First 
Maine Cavalry — Stephen Boothby. with the score of minor 
officers, and in all 161 men good and true, whose bravery, loyalty 
and fighting qualities they inherited from their Revolutionary 
ancestors, it is no illegitmate claim to make wdien it is asserted 
that, Leeds is the "Banner town in the State." 

The citizens of the town, too aged or too young, or incapaci- 
tated, or , with liberality but less glory, perhaps, were 

loyal to the cause ; paid their money cheerfully and generously 
for the defense of the "Stars and Stripes," and made ample pro- 
vision for the families of their "Soldier Boys in Blue." At a 
special town meeting held on the 6th day of July, 1861, the 
selectmen, who were P. B. Caswell, Lloyd Gould and Samuel 
More, were authorized to draw orders on the treasurer for such 
sums of money as might be necessary for the support and com- 
fort of the families of those wdio had gone into, or should subse- 
quently go into the L^nited States service in defense of "Old 
Glory." At the annual meeting in March, 1862, the selectmen. 
Benjamin Harris, Greenwood C. Gordon and Benjamin Hods- 
don were made a committee to look after and properly furnish 
the families of the soldiers. At a special meeting held July 22, 
1862, voted to pay each volunteer, when mustered into the United 
States service, $75. Aug. 26, voted to pay each volunteer under 
the last call of the President, $100, and each drafted man $50. 
Nov. 30, 1863, voted to pay each recruit, when mustered into the 
United States service $350. Voted to instruct the selectmen to 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 287 

■designate some influential man to procure recruits to fill the 
town's quota. 

Aug. 13, 1864, voted that the town furnish $300 for each 
man that enlists to fill the quota under the last call of the Presi- 
dent. Dec. 26, voted to pay $400 as a bounty to each volunteer 
or drafted man to fill the quota. Voted that the town treasurer 
be authorized to procure the loan of the sum of $400 per man, 
and to make such papers as shall most effectually bind the town 
to the payment of the same. 

At the annual meeting in March, 1865, voted to issue town 
bonds to the amount of the war debt. 

Maine Regiments. 

First Maine Infantry Regiment. Organized April 28, and mus- 
tered into United States service at Portland, Me., May 3, 
1861. The field officers were: Col. Nathaniel J. Jackson, of 
Lewiston ; Lieut.-Col. Albion Witham, of Portland ; Major 
George G. Bailey, of Portland. 
Term of enlistment three months. 

Roster. 
Leeds unrepresented. 

Second Infantry Regiment. Rendezvoused at Bangor and left 
the State Mav 14, 1861. It was organized on Long Island, 
N. Y., May 28, 1861. Field officers: Col. Charles D. Jame- 
son; Lieut.-Col. Charles W. Roberts; Maj. George Varney; 
all of Bangor. 

Term of enlistment, two and three years. 

Roster. 
Albion Morris. Band. 

Third Infantry Regiment. Went into camp at Augusta May 
28, and was organized June 4, 1861. Field officers: Col. O. 
O. Howard, of Leeds ; Lieut.-Col. Charles A. L. Sampson ; 
Maj. Henry G. Staples. 

Term of enlistment, three years. 

Roster. 
Oliver Otis Howard, Col., promoted Sept. 7, 1861, to 

Brigadier-General, later to Major-General. 
Charles H. Howard, Drum Major, promoted to the staff 

of his brother. Gen. O. O. Howard, promoted to Brevet 

Brigadier-General. 
Russell Carver, Co. A, wounded at Fair Oaks. 
Page T. Francis, Co. A. 



288 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Jason Carver, Co. K, discharged Sept. 19, 1861. 

Lloyd B. Caswell, Co. K, transferred to 17th Maine. 

Francis George, Co. K. 

John C. Keene, Capt. Co. K, killed at Gettysburg, July 2,. 
1863. 

Levi R. Bates, Co. K, died in prison. 

Henry S. Turner, Co. K, absent ; wounded, July 2. 

Benjamin Woodman, Co. K, died in service. 

Elisha K. Mann, Corp. Co. K, promoted to Corp. ; pris- 
oner May 2, exchanged; transferred to 17th Maine. 

Henrv O. Fabvan, Co. K, died Oct. 30, 1862. 

Walter W. Boothby, Co. K, killed Dec. 13, 1862. 

Dexter W. Howard, Co. K, promoted to Sergeant, pro- 
moted to Captain, transferred to 17th Maine. 

Joseph O. Sturtevant, Co. I, transferred to 17th Maine, 
Fourth Infantry Regiment. Organized at Rockland, May 8, 
1861. Mustered in United States service June 15, 1861. 
Field officers : Col. Hiram G. Berry, of Rockland ; Lieut. -Col. 
Thomas H. Marshall, of Belfast; Maj. Frank S. Nickerson, 
of Searsport. Term of enlistment, three years. 

Roster. 
Leeds, unrepresented. 

Fifth Infantry Regiment. Mustered into United States service 
June 24, 1861, at Portland. Field officers, Col. Mark H. 
Dunnell of Portland ; Lieut. -Col. Edwin Hisley, of Liming- 
ton ; Maj. Samuel C. Hamilton, of Biddeford. Term of 
enlistment, three years. 

Roster. 
Jeremiah Day, E. 
Charles H. Bodge, Corporal, E. 

Sixth Infantry Regiment. Organized at Portland and mus- 
tered into United States service July 15, 1861. Field offi- 
cers, Col. Abner Knowles, Lieut. Col. Hiram Burnham, 
Maj. Frank Pierce. Not represented. 

Seventh Infantry Regiment. Organized August 21, 1861, with 
Edwin C. Mason, of Portland, Colonel ; Selden Connor, of 
Fairfield, Lieut.-Col. ; Thomas W. Hyde, of Bath, Major. 
These were three-years regiments. The Seventh returned 
to Augusta and those whose term of service had expired 
were mustered out Sept. 5, 1864, and the others consolidated 
with the Fifth and Sixth and constituted the First Veteran- 
Infantry. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 289 

Roster. 
John B. Jennings, Co. K, killed May 4, 1863. 
Marcelhis F. Cushman, Co. K. 
James W. Libby, Co. K, Sergeant. 
Franklin Peare, Co. K. 
Albert M. Rose, Co. K. 
John Q. Robbins, Co. K, died Oct. 1862. 
Wansbrow Tnrner, Co. K, died Nov. 24, 1861. 

Eighth Infantry Regiment. Organized at Augusta, Sept. 7, 
1861. Field officers were: Col. Lee Strickland, of Liver- 
more; Lieut. -Col. John D. Rust, of Camden; Maj. Joseph 
S. Rice of Ellsworth. 

Roster. 
Leeds, unrepresented. 

Ninth Infantry Regiment. Encamped at Augusta ; mustered 
into United States service Sept. 22, 1861, and two days later 
started for the front. Col. Rishworth Rich, of Portland ; 
Lieut. -Col. Colman Harding, of Gorham, and Sabine Emery, 
of Eastport, were the field officers. Term of enlistment, 
three years. 

Roster. 
John C. Gifford, Co. H. 
Henry Hackins, Co. H. 

Tenth Infantry Regiment. Encamped at Cape Elizabeth, and 
mustered into United States service Oct. 4, 1861. The field 
officers were: Col. George L. Beal, of Norway; Lieut. -Col. 
James S. Eillebrown, of x\uburn ; Maj. Charles Walker, of 
Portland. 

Roster. 
Leeds unrepresented. 

Eleventh Infantry Regiment. Organized at Augusta Oct. 11, 
and mustered into the United States service Nov. 12. Field 
officers were: Col. John C. Caldwell, of East Machias ; 
Lieut.-Col. Harris M. Plaisted, of Bangor; Maj. William 
M. Shaw, of Portland. 

Roster. 
Augustus S. George, F, 
Otis B. George, F. 
Enoch T. Fish, F. 

19 



290 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Twelfth Infantry Regiment, mustered into United States ser- 
vice for three years, at Portland, Nov. 10, 1861. Its field 
officers were : Col. George F. Shepley, of Portland ; Lieut. - 
Col. William K. Kimbah. of Paris; Maj. David R. Hast- 
ings, of Lovell. 

Roster. 
Frank White, Co. K. 

Thirteenth Infantry Regiment. Mustered into United States 
service at Augusta, Dec. 18, 1861. Field officers, Col. Neal 
Dow, of Portland ; Lieut. -Col. Henry Rust, Jr., of Nor- 
way; Maj. Frank S. Hesselton, of Waterville. 

Roster. 
Leeds unrepresented. 

Fourteenth Infantry Regiment. Organized in Augusta in Dec. 
1861, to serve three years. Field officers were: Col. Frank 
S. Nickerson, of Searsport ; Lieut.-Col. Elias Milliken, of 
Burnham; Maj. Thomas W. Porter, of Bangor. 

Roster. 
Daniel Brown, Co. H. 

Roster Battalion and Neiv Fonrteenth Regiment. 
James D. Towle, Co. F. 
Jordan G. Carvill, ist Lieutenant, Co. H. 
Azel A. Burnham, Co. H. 
James W. Libby, Captain, Co. K. 
James Carver, Co. K. 
Stephen W. Grant, Co. K. 
George E. Gilbert. Co. K. 
Lloyd A. Gilbert, Co. K. 
David Morse, Co. K. 
Herbert Hunton. Sergeant, Co. K. 
John P. R. Sleeper, Co. K. 

Fifteenth Infantrv Regiment. Organized at Augusta in Dec, 
1 861, and mustered into United States service Jan. 23, 1862, 
for three vears. Field officers were: Col. John McCluskey. 
of Houlton ; Lieut.-Col. Isaac Dyer, of Skowhegan ; ]\Iaj. 
Benjamin Hawes, of Ashland. 

Roster. 
Alonzo Impy, Co. D. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 29 1 

Sixteenth Infantry Regiment. Mustered into United States 
service at Augusta Aug. 14, 1862. The field officers were: 
Col. Asa W. Wildes; Lieut.-Col. Charles W. Tilden ; Maj. 
Augustus B. Farnham. Term of enlistment, three years. 

Roster. 

Joseph G. Lamb, Corporal, Co. E, promoted to Sergeant. 

Charles R. Berry, Co. E. died of wounds, Dec. 25, 1862. 

John A. Burnham, Co. E. 

Ebenezer Curtis, 2d, Co. E. 

Francis George, Co. E. 

George E. Hussey, Co. E. 

Rollin F. Jennings, Co. E, transferred to Fifth Maine 

Battery. 
George H. Peare, Co. E. 

Samuel W. Pettingill, Co. E, transferred to V. R. C. 
Granville Richmond, Co. E. 
William W. Wheeler, Co. E. 
Frank White, recruit. 

Seventeenth Infantry Regiment. Mustered into United States 
service in Portland Aug. 18, 1862. Field officers were : Col. 
Thomas A. Roberts, of Portland ; Lieut.-Col. Charles B. 
Merrill, of Portland; Maj. George W. West, of Fort Kent. 
Term of enlistment, three years. 

Roster. 

William Doyle, Co. K. 

Dexter W. Howard, Co. C, promoted to Second Lieu- 
tenant, Co. E. 

Dexter W. Howard, Co. E. joined as Lieutenant from 
Co. C. 

Lloyd B. Caswell, Co. K, transferred from Third Maine, 
transferred to First Heavy Artillery. 

Kineteenth Infantry Regiment. Organized at Bath, Aug. 25, 
1862. Enlistment, three years. Field officers were : Col. 
Frederick D. Sewall. who had been on the staff of General 
Howard ; Lieut.-Col. Francis E. Heath, who had been a cap- 
tain in the Third Maine; Maj. Henry W. Cunningham, a 
former captain in the P'ourth Alaine. 

Roster. 

Thomas L. Bubier, Co. F, transferred to V. R. C. 
Addison D. Gilbert, Co. F. 
Calvin B. Keene, Co. F. 



292 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Twentieth Infantry Regiment. Organized at Portland, Aug. 
29, 1862, to serve three years. Field officers were: Col. 
Adelbert Ames ; Lieut..-Col. Joshua L. Chamberlain, Profes- 
sor of Bowdoin College; Maj. Charles D. Gilmore, of Ban- 
gor. 

Roster. 
Winslow Turner, Co. C. 

Twenty-First Infantry Regiment. Organized at Augusta in. 
September and mustered into United States service, Oct. 
14, 1862. This was a nine-months regiment. Field offi- 
cers were : Col. Elijah D. Johnson, of Lewiston ; Lieut. -Col. 
Nathan Stanley, of Vassalboro; Maj. Benjamin G. 
Merry, of Bath. Leeds unrepresented. 

Twenty-Second Infantry Regiment. Another nine-months reg- 
iment was mustered into the United States service at Ban- 
gor, Oct. 18, 1862. Field officers were: Col. Simeon G. Jer- 
rard, of Levant; Lieut. -Col. Alonzo G. Putnam, of Dover; 
Maj. . Leeds unrepresented. 

Twenty-Third Infantry Regiment. This regiment was com- 
posed almost entirely of Androscoggin and Oxford men, 
and was mustered into the United States service at Portland, 
Sept. 29, 1862. Term of enlistment, nine months. Field 
officers were : Col. William \\\v{ \'irgin. of Norway ; I>ieut.- 
Col. Enos T. Luce, of Auburn; Maj. Alfred B. Soule, of 
Lewiston. 

Roster. 

Charles H. Leadbetter, Sergeant, Co. I. 

Oscar D. Turner, Sergeant, Co. I. 

Albert Barker, Sergeant, Co. I. 

Loring P. Gould, Corporal, Co. I. 

Sewall Woodman, Corporal, Co. L 

Jason Carver, Wagoner, Co. I. 

George T. Bishop, Corporal, Co. I. 

Seth F. Burnham, Co. I, died March 8, 1863. 

Milton W. Burnham, Co. I. 

Joseph H. Burnham, Co. T. 

Russell L. Gould, Co. I. 

Daniel W. Hinkley, Co. I. 

Charles T. Knights, Co. I. 

Lorenzo Leadbetter, Co. I. 

Frank J. Lindsey, Co. I. 

Thomas J. Lindsey, Corporal. Co. L 

Rufus K. Peare, Co. T. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 293 

Ireson B. Pettengill, Co. I. died March 21, 1863. 
Elisha P. Ramsdell, Co. I, died Jan. 10. 1863. 
John R. Smith, Co. I. 
Joshua H. Sumner, Co. I. 
James D. Towle, Co. I. 
John E. Woodman, Co. T. 

Twenty-Fourth and Twenty-Fifth Infantry Regiments. Nine- 
months regiments. The Twenty-Fourth was organized at 
Augusta, Oct. 16, 1862, and the Twenty-Fifth at Portland, 
Sept. 29, 1862. The Twenty-Sixth, Twenty-Seventh, 
Twenty-Eighth were also nine-months regiments. Leeds 
was not represented in any of them. 

Twenty-Ninth Infantry Regiment. This was a veteran regi- 
ment, and most of its material went from Androscoggin 
County. In fact, the First, Tenth and Twenty-Ninth could 
with much justice have been styled one regiment. Many of 
the men saw service in all three regiments. Eight compa- 
nies were organized in Augusta to serve three years. 
Companies A and B, then in service in Tennessee as part 
of the Tenth Maine Battalion, were transferred to com- 
plete the regimental organization, joining it at New Orleans, 
where the regiment arrived Feb. 16, 1864. Field officers 
were: Col. George L. Beale; Lieut.-Col. Chas. S. Emer- 
son; Maj. William Knowlton. 

Roster. 

Henry T. Frost, Corporal, Co. A, John T. Salvador. 
James H. Gardner, Co. A. 

Henry Shea, Co. A. ' 

Isaac T. Boothby, Co. C. 

Thirtieth Infantry Regiment. Organized at Augusta in Jan- 
uary, 1864. Term of enlistment, three years. Field offi- 
cers were : Francis Fessenden, of Portland, Colonel ; 
Thomas H. Hubbard, of Hallowell, Lieutenant-Colonel; 
Royal E. Whitman, of Turner, Major. 

Roster. 

Joseph M. Curtis, Co. A. killed April 9. 1864. 

Willard J. Fish, Co. E. 

Albert F. Gilmore, Co. G. 

William O. Parlin, Co. G. 

Page T. Francis, Co. I, transferred to V. R. C. 



294 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Thirty-First Infantry Regiment. This was a three-yeajs regi- 
ment, organized in April, 1864. Col. Thomas Hight, of 
Augusta; Lieut. -Col. Stephen C. Talbot, of Machias ; Maj. 
Daniel White. 

Roster. 
Caleb W. Battles, Co. B, from 32d. 

Thirty-Second Infantry Regiment. Organized at Augusta, 
May 6, 1864. Mark F. Went worth, of Kittery, was Colo- 
nel ; John M. Brown, of Portland, Lieutenant-Colonel ; 
Arthur Deering, of Richmond, Major. 

Roster. 
Caleb W. Battles, Co. B, transferred to 31st, Co. B. 

First Veteran Volunteer Regiment. This was formed in 
Charlestown, Va., Aug. 21, 1864. Was made up of the 
Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Battalions. 

Roster. 
James W. Libby, Sergeant, Co. K. 
Albert M. Rose, Corporal, Co. K. 

First Infantry Battalion. This was organized at Augusta May 
25, 1865, from four unassigned companies recruited for 
one year's service and originally designed for the Four- 
teenth regiment. It was commanded by Lieut. -Col. Cal- 
vin S. Brown. 

Roster. 
Erastus E. Gilbert, Co. B, died in service. 

First Heavy Artillery (Eighteenth Infantry Regiment). Organ- 
ized at Bangor and Augusta, Aug. 21, 1862, for three years. 

Roster. 
Elisha K. Mann, Sergeant, Co. C. 
Warren Sturtevant, Co. G. 
William Doyle, Co. K. 

First Battalion Light Artillery. This name was given to an organ- 
ization of seven batteries, mustered into the United States 
service at different times and places. First Battery at 
Portland, Dec. 18, 1861. 

Roster. 
William Morton. First Battery. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 295, 

First Cavalry Regiment. This regiment of twelve companies 
was organized at Augusta, Nov. 5, 1861, for three years, 
and was made up from all parts of the state. The original 
field officers were : Col. John Goddard ; Lieut. -Col. Thomas 
Hight ; Majors Samuel H. Allen, David P. Stowell. Calvin 
S. Douty. Later, Stephen Boothby was Lieutenant Colonel. 

Roster. 
Roscoe G. Beals, Co. E. 
Volney H. Foss, Co. G. promoted to First Sergeant,. 

April, 1865. 
Lucius C. Robbins, Co. G. 
Leonard L. Rose, Corporal, Co. G. 
Levi W. Wheeler, Co. G. 
Seth G. Rose, Co. G. 
J. S. Dow. Co. D. 

First D. C. Cavalry Regiment. Eight hundred men, compris- 
ing eight companies, enlisted and organized at Augusta in 
]*ilarch, 1864, to serve three years. This body was designed 
for special duty in the District of Columbia only, and was^ 
under the command of Col. L. C. Baker. 

Roster. 
Salmon C. Brewster, Co. K. 

Second Cavalry Regiment. This was organized at Augusta, 
from Nov. 30, 1863, to Jan. 2, 1864. The field officers 
were : Col. Ephraim W. Woodman, of Wilton ; Lieut. -Col. 
John F. Godfrey, of Bangor; Maj. Charles A. Miller, of 
Rockland. 

Roster. 

Lendall S. Caswell, Co. B. 

E. Riley Bishop, Corporal, Co. L 

Charles T. Knight, Co. I, died Sept. 29, 1864. 

David E. Trask, Co. M, died July 12, 1864. 

Roscoe G. Lindsey, Co. I, died Sept. 8, 1864. 

First Regiment Sharpshooters. This body of six companies 
was organized at Augusta to serve one and three years. 
Companies A and B left the state Nov. 12, 1864. Consol- 
idated with the Twentieth Infantry Regiment. 

Roster. 
James W. Libby, Lieutenant, Co. E, promoted to Cap- 
tain. 
Albert M. Rose, Co. E, died Jan. 17, 1865. 



2o5 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Roster of iniassigncd companies of Infantry. 
Orpheus M. Leonard. Twenty-Fifth. 

Enlistments in the United States Navy. 

Everett Lindsey. Timothy Connelly, 

Charles F. Lindsev, James A Cronms, 

Frank J. Lindsev/ Levi C^ Sumner 

Daniel McDaniels, V^^'^ r S, ' 

Doane S. Wing, JiJ^^e^ F Johnson 

John Baptiste, Charles E. Johnson. 



CHAPTER XV. 

MAIL ROUTES POST-OFFICES POSTMASTERS. 

In entering on a subject of such magnitude as the mail ser- 
vice of the United States, a vohime much larger than this would 
contain but a small portion of it ; and even the history of a single 
town, fully and minutely written, would occupy too much space 
for a work of this kind ; and with a few important items noted, 
Ave pass to other subject matter. Shall we pause for a moment 
and ponder? Do we realize that those there are now living — 
the very few — whose memory goes back to the date of the estab- 
lishment of the mail service by the United States? Previous to 
1794, communication was an individual matter and transacted 
by the dispatch of private or special messengers. The primitive 
mail laws and regulations — good enough for their time, when 
the people were honest — were loosely constructed. Long 
routes, — extending through many towns, — usually requiring a 
week of travel to complete the trip, were established. The mails 
were carried by "post-riders" on horseback, in pouches or bags 
fastened in front and behind the saddle ; the one for through 
mail matter, and the other for local use, receiving extra pay for 
the latter service. The mail matter sent or received by people 
whose residence was not situated on the line of route, was pro- 
miscuously taken or dumped in some store, shop or other place, 
and each person sorted from the pile what was directed to him or 
his house people. Farmington was incorporated in 1794. and a 
short time subsequent to that date a highway from that town 
was laid out on a direct line over the hills of Chesterville, 
Fayette. Wayne and Leeds to Greene, where it intersected another 
highway opened in 1793 from Augusta to Portland z'ia Mon- 
mouth, Greene, Lewiston, Auburn, New Gloucester, etc. The 
Farmington road was laid on nearly a straight line from hill to 
hill where many of the people had settled to avoid destruction 
of crops by early frosts. Its course from Fayette Corner and 
beyond, lay over the easterly portion of Beech Hill in Fayette and 
Wayne, along the west shore of Androscoggin Lake to Lothrop's 
Corner; thence over Bates Hill or Quaker Ridge (following that 
bushed out in 1780) in Leeds, by Greene Upper Corner, and 
terminating near the meeting-house southwesterly of Greene 
railroad station. Not on account of the mail service were these 
highways constructed, but the convenience of travel and trans- 



298 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



portation of the necessaries of life ; though later utilized for that 
purpose. The "post-riders" continued in the service until 1822, 
when, with the great growth in population and consequent 
increase of mail matter, carriages, drawn by two or more horses 
were required. These were replaced by passenger and mail 
coaches on the principal routes in 1826, and tri- weekly mails on 
these routes established. Passenger and mail coaches and stages 
were run throughout the country until they were replaced by 
steam-power, and only here and there a few lingering, dilapidated 
remnants of that once great system of travel remain. 

The first post-office established in the limits of Androscoggin 
County was at Greene Corner, April i, 1796; and the second, at 
Lewiston, July 15, 1799. 

The first post-office in Leeds was on the line of the Farm- 
ington stage line at Lothrop's Corner, Aug. 27, 1822. Subjoined 
are the locations, names of postmasters and dates of their com- 
missions : 

Lothrop's Corner, or Leeds. 



Solomon Lothrop, 
Giddings Lane, Jr., 
Joseph Scammon, 
Stillman Howard, 
J. W. L. Mitchell, 
Thomas W. Bridgham, 
Franklin B. Leonard, 
Issacher Lane, 
Isaac T. Boothby, 
Solomon T. Lothrop, 
Green C. More, 
Charles H. Lane, 
Albert Knight, 
Willard Lothrop, 
Wallace L. Francis (Pres. 



Aug. 27, 1822 

June 17, 1829 

April 19, 1830 

March 10, 1834 

Aug. 18, 1837 

April 18, 1840 

July 10, 1 84 1 

July 19, 1845 

April 9, 1849 

June 6, 1853 

Oct. 7, 1864 

Jan. 28, 1868 

Jan. 30, T 

Mav 10, I 

P. M.), Mar. 22, i 



North Leeds. 

Walter Foss, Jan. 28, 1826 

Reuel Foss, March 5, 1842 

Thos. C. Foss, Aug. 7, 1861 

Jason Woodman, Dec. 20, 1871 

Louisa M. Woodman, Dec. 10, 1880 

Charles A. Whitehouse, Aug. 18, 1888 

Thomas C. Foss, April 7, 1891 

Wallace C. Tribou, Dec. 21, 1891 

Guy W. Foss, July 15, 1895 

Vesta P. Foss (Pres. P. M.), Jan. 19, 1901 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



299 



South 


Leeds. 






Martin Leonard, 




June 6, 


1826. 


Franklin B. Leonard, 




Aug. 27, 


1828. 


Joshua S. Turner, 




Dec. 5, 


1838. 


Oscar D. Turner, 




July 27, 


1840. 


John Gilmore, 




July 10, 


1841. 


Salmon A. Wing, 




Aug. 16, 


1843- 


Armand T. Wing, 




June 2, 


1856. 


William Wing, 




March 10, 


1863. 


Sanford Gilbert, 




May 19, 


1863. 


James L. Bates, 




Jan. 2, 


1865. 


Duane S. Wing. 




March 12, 


1867. 


Greenleaf Parker, 




Jan. 18, 


1876. 


Lois V. Parker, 




Aug. 3, 


1887. 


William Wing (Pres. P. 


M.), 


Aug. 17, 


1895. 


West 


Leeds. 






Jonas P. Lee, 




April 10, 


1828. 


Perez S. Jennings, 




Nov. 15, 


1828. 


Discontinued, 




April 18, 


1840. 


Re-established. 








Gessius F. Jennings, 




Feb. 24, 


1866. 


Stephen R. Deane, 




April 28, 


1868. 


Gustavus A. Jennings, 




May 2, 


T883. 


Roscoe E. Swain, 




June 30, 


1888. 


Perry Grant, 




July 2^, 


1893. 


Howard E. Lincoln (Pres. P. AL), 


Jan. 25, 


1900. 


East 


Leeds. 






Stephen Day, 




Aug. 5, 


1840. 


Discontinued, 




Oct. 8, 


1842. 


Leeds 


Station. 






George Beals, 




April 15, 


i8so, 


Changed to Leeds Junction 


Mar. 15, 


1859. 


J. B. Brackett, 




Dec. 3, 


1883, 


J. W. Ricker (Pres. P. M.), 


May 8, 


1891. 


Curtis 


Corner. 






Salmon Brewster, 




Jan. 22, 


i853. 


Henry M. Brewster (Pres. P. M.) 


, Dec. 10, 


1887, 



CHAPTER XVI. 

ladies' aid society. 

As an important adjunct to the churches and church work in 
Leeds, the Ladies' Aid Society should receive special mention. 
Few societies of its size have accomplished more or better work 
during the past twelve years than the Ladies' Aid Society of 
Keen's Corner, Leeds ; the originators of which were Mrs. 
Kate Ouimby, Mrs. Vesta Bates and Mrs. Myra Boston. For 
the purpose of paying one hundred dollars of the indebtedness 
on the Methodist parsonage, the society was instituted on the 12th 
day of July, 1886. The remarkably short time required in dis- 
charging this debt and the success attending their first effort to 
improve the condition of the people in the vicinity, was seem- 
ingly a sufficient guarantee to warrant a permanent organization, 
and on July 14, 1890, under the laws of the State, the society 
was incorporated, with a membership of twelve, to wit : Rosa V. 
Hanscom, Mary A. Bishop, Millie E. Moody, Dora M. Nichols, 
Phebe A. Bates, Adellma C. Bates, Dorcas M. Parker, Annie F. 
Nichols, Edith W. Howe, Diana T. Gilbert, Adelia M. Libby and 
Serena E. Bates. As a result of their labors for the first year, 
$200 was in evidence, which was derived from suppers and enter- 
tainments given in the homes of several members. With this 
amoimt, which they placed as their donation at the head of a 
subscription paper, they solicited funds for the erection of a 
union chapel, promising its erection and completion before the 
beginning of the following winter. This paper was given a wide 
circulation not only in Leeds, but adjoining towns, but most of 
thfe money was obtained in the immediate vicinity in amounts 
varying from fifty cents to fifty dollars — each contributing their 
mite — supposed to be in keeping with their financial ability. The 
church lot was donated from the A. G. Bates farm. In due time 
the building was completed, and on May 20, 1891, eleven months 
and six days later than the date of incorporation, in this neat 
little structure the dedication exercises were held, participated in 
by ministers of various denominations. The expense of this 
little edifice, 45x30 feet, was about $1,500, of which sum $100 
only remained unpaid with the dawning of dedication day. On 
this occasion no financial aid was solicited, and entertainment was 
liberally furnished to the many people who came from near and 
far to witness or participate in the exercises of the occasion. The 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 3OI 

remaining sum of $100 was soon forthcoming, and the Httle 
church stands there as a Hving memorial to the energy and honor 
of the ladies of Keen's Corner. In fact, as in name, this is a 
union chapel. In the summer months, Methodist and Universal- 
ist meetings are alternately held on Sundays, but in winter, while 
the ^lethodist meetings are continued every second Sunday, the 
Universalist meetings are discontinued. For the support of 
preachers, a certain amount is paid yearly, from the treasury of 
the "Ladies' Aid Society." 

Success has crowned its every effort. The appreciation of their 
good work by the people may be inferred, from the proceeds of a 
fair held in the chapel Alarch 19, 1891, which amounted to 
$204.39. Realizing the great value of church influence, and 
wishing to preserve in its beauty and purity this model little 
structure for the purpose for which it w^as made, and further 
realizing that everything good in life is not confined to churches, 
the society in continuing its labors, decided to erect a building in 
which to hold entertainments — so essential in all communities. 
In the spring of 1898, with sufficient means to warrant a begin- 
ning, by degrees, a two-story building with a basement for 
stabling horses has been erected and finished on the outside, and 
the inside is in readiness for masons who will be at work on the 
job with the coming of warm weather. The first floor is designed 
for a kitchen, dining-room and ticket office, and the second story 
a large hall where entertainments will be given. To the energy 
and unceasing labors of the society the public prosperity of the 
people in the vicinity is due. Great credit is awarded Mrs. Rosa 
V. Hanscom, president of the society, who has ably discharged 
the duties of that office eight years of the eleven it has existed. 
To her is conceded the praise of originating a major portion of 
the entertainments and successful financial engineering of th"e 
society. Not to the efforts of any one lady can be attributed the 
noble work accomplished by this society. She has been heartily 
and earnestly endorsed and aided by every member, whose unan- 
imity and combined labor only, could have achieved so much. 
Theirs is a page of history sparkling with jewels, the luster of 
which will be seen from afar. A list of officers is here appended : 

Rosa V. Hanscom, President. 

Edith W. Howe, Vice-President. 

Adelia M. Libby, Treasurer. 

Serena E. Bates, Clerk. 

Phebe A. Bates, Collector and Asst. Clerk. 

Their good w^ork is still going on, and their unabated zeaj 
and vigor is shining brighter and brighter as the days go by. 



CHAPTER XVII. 

SECRET SOCIETIES. 



LEEDS GRANGE, P. OF H., NO. 99, 

Was organized Feb. i, 1875, by Deputy Robbins, with Davis 
Francis as Master and twenty-four (24) charter members, as 
follows : 

Mr. and Mrs. Davis Francis, 
Dr. and Mrs. R. S. Loring, 
Mr. and Mrs. George Parcher,. 
Mr. and Mrs. A. Beals, 
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Lane, 
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Jennings, 
Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Thomas, 
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Sumner, 
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Foss, 
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Jennings, 
Mr. P. Lane, 
Mr. G. B. Lane, 
Mr. C. S. Knapp. 

Seventeen members were initiated into the order between then 
and July 8, 1876, which is the date of the last meeting held till 
Jan. I, 1885, when the Grange was reorganized by Fred A. Allen 
with George Parcher as Master. 

In 1887, ^ h^l^ 30x50 feet was built and in 1897, 20 feet more 
in length was added. The regular meetings are held on the 
second and fourth Saturdays of each month. Present member- 
ship, 151, with Phillip H. Deane, Master; Mrs. E. A. Russell, 
Lecturer ; Abbie E. Deane, Secretary. 

The following have served as officers : 
Master, Davis Francis, two years. 
George Parcher, four years. 
A. F. Gififord, two years. 
Dr. R. S. Loring, two years. 
S. Homer Deane, three years. 
E. E. Additon, three years. 
Phillips H. Deane, three years. 
Lecturer, George Parcher, two years. 
D. F. Lothrop, one year. 
A. T. Clifford, two years. 
Mrs. S. L. Herrick, two years. 
C. H. Foster, one year. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 3O3 

D. P. True, three years. 
Rev. R. Scott, two years. 
F. H. Herrick, three years. 
F. L. Additon, two years. 

Secretary, A. J. Foss, one year. 
C. H. Foster, one year. 
Dr. R. S. Loring, one year. 

E. T. Chfford, two years. 

S. Howard Deane, two years. 
Abbie E. Deane, eleven years. 

The Grange building now is a fine two-story structure, 
finished in hardwood, furnished with a nice set of furniture and 
a well filled library. The hall is now rented to the A. O. U. W. 
and the "Junior Order of American Mechanics" for holding their 
meetings. The Grange has taken first and second prizes for 
exhibits at the State Fair and has conducted fairs at home. It is 
the center for social intercourse and furnishes many public enter- 
tainments. 

GEN. HOWARD LODGE, NO. J'J , A. 0. U. W., 

Was instituted at Leeds April 5, 1899, with the following officers 
and members : 

E. A. Russell, P. AI. W. ; 
W. H. Bishop, M. W.; 
E. K. Merrill, F. ; 
A. L. Thomas. O. ; 
R. S. Higgins, Rec. ; 
H. E. Lincoln, Fin. ; 
W. H. Curtis, Receiver ; 
H. F. Gray, G. ; 
Daniel Maguire, L W. ; 
A. P. Rose"; O. W. ; 

And W. E. Gould, C. A. Brvant, George Dyer, W. C. Hoslev, 
C. B. Brewster, F. E. Drake, E. E. Burgess, J. C. Wing, O. A. 
Wright, L. R. Bates, AL C. Howe, F. L. Morris, G. H. Anthony. 

The present officers are : 

A. L. Thomas, P. M. W. ; 

E. K. Merrill, M. W. ; 
O. A. Wright, F. ; 

R. L. Knapp, O. ; 
H. F. Gray, Rec. ; 
H. W. Lincoln, Fin. ; 
W. H. Curtis, Receiver ; 
G. H. Anthony, Guide ; 
J. M. Seymour, L W. ; 

F. L. Morris. O. W. 



304 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

CHAPEL HILL COUNCIL, NO. 43, J. O. U. A. M. 

Was organized at Leeds, Jan. 8, 1900, with the following officers 

and members : 

H. L. Grant, C. C. Farmer, 

John Rose, J. F. Smith, 

W. H. Curtis, A. W. Hobbs, 

R. D. Canwell, Fred L. Wheeler, 

J. C. Prescott, Perley O. Maguire, 

W. L. Francis, George Carpenter, 

G. W. Lane, Fred S. Grant, 

Albert Rose, Will Rose. 

Walter Hanscom, 

Officers. 
Councilor, W. H. Curtis ; 
Vice-Councilor, A. P. Rose; 
Rec. Secretary, C. C. Farmer; 
A. R. Secretary, W. L. Francis ; 
Fin. Secretary, F. S. Grant ; 
Treasurer, G. W. Lane ; 
Con., Arthur Hobbs; 
W., George Carpenter; 
L S., J. C. Prescott ; 
O. S., John Rose ; 
C, Fred Smith ; 
P. S., H. L. Grant; 

Trustees, W. L. Francis, W. H. Curtis, H. L. Grant. 
Treasurer, W. L. Francis. 

Since the order was organized it has increased in membership 
until it numbers 45 with a good financial standing. 

MOUNTAIN VIEW LODGE, NO. 23, D. OF L. 

Was instituted at Leeds, March 20, 1901, with the following 
officers and members : 

Councilor, Mrs. Annie House; 

Asso. Councilor, H. L. Grant; 

Vice-Councilor, Mrs. Effie Grant ; 

Asso. Vice-Councilor, Fred S. Grant ; 

Jr. Ex. Councilor, Mrs. Addie Grant; 

Jr. Ex. Asso. Councilor, W. H. Curtis ; 

Rec. Secretary, Gladys Francis ; 

Asst. R. Secretary, Herbert Wright ; 

Financial Secretary, Mrs. Effie Smith; 

Treasurer, W. L. Francis ; 

Guide, Mrs. Emma Anthony ; 

Inside Guard, Arthur Grant ; 

Outside Guard, Bert Anthony. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



oU> 



Other monibers 



Charles A. Libby, Nedd Bishop, 

Grace Maguire, ^Irs. Nedd Bishop. 

Augusta W. Carver, H. B. Curtis, 

Walter House, Gertrude Anthony, 

J. C. Prescott, Mrs. W. L. Francis, 

Dan Maguire, J. F. Smith. 

SONS OF TEMPERANCE. 

But meager knowledge can be obtained in relation to this 
society further than the fact that, in 1845, an organization of a 
division of this Order was that year effected, and for a time had 
an existence in Leeds, but no records are available, and its history 
must ever remain unwritten. 

TEMPERANCE WATCHMAN CLUB. 

In the winter of 185 1-2, at West Leeds, a club was organized, 
the chief object of which was to prevent the sale and use of intox- 
icating liquors, and to render aicl to those addicted to the habit of 
drinking to excess, by inducing them to join the Order, in the 
meetings of which the evils of intemperance were earnestly 
discussed. Samuel P. True was Grand Alaster, and several men 
of prominence in the town, and even in the nation were mem- 
bers. Among them we notice the names of General O. O. How- 
ard, Barnabus Davee, Gustavus A. Jennings, Melvin Berry, H. 
M. Brewster, Enoch Tupper, John Y. Merrill, Sylvanus C. Mer- 
rill, Nelson Rose, Calvin Rose and others. All enterprises have 
their ups and downs, and after a comparatively short life of use- 
fulness, this had a down and never more an up. 

I. o. G. T. 

In 1887, a lodge of this Order was instituted in the south part 
of the town with twenty charter members. Following is a list 
of the officers at the date of institution : 

Daniel S. Boston, L. D. : Henry M. Brewster, C. T. ; Louisa 
Beals, V. T. ; Moses G. Beal, Chaplain ; Erwin M. Libby, Sec- 
retary. During the life of this lodge much good work was done, 
and over fifty names were enrolled on the records. The removal 
of many of the younger people so reduced the membership that, 
in 1897, after a life of ten years, a surrender of the charter was 
made. 



20 



CHAPTER X\'III. 



ANDROSCOGGIN RAILROAD. 



It may well be said, that to a few enterprising men of Leeds 
is due the credit of securing a charter and the building of this 
road. The charter was obtained August lo, 1848. Organization 
was soon effected with Giddings Lane, Ozias Millett and Ensign 
Otis on the board of directors. The soliciting of subscriptions 
of the stock was at once commenced with life and vigor, and the 
people of Leeds responded nobly. By a major vote ( 145 in favor, 
106 against), in a meeting held February 9, 1852, the towm 
loaned its credit in aid of the road to the amount of $15,000. To 
effect this enterprise it was necessary to pull every string to its 
full tension, and better men for the business could nowhere have 
been found. The writer was a little boy then, but in his memory 
is fresh the persuasive arguments of the solicitors. Through 
every man's door-yard, who lived in the valleys, and just under 
the brow of the hill, if his residence was on a high eminence, the 
road was sure to go. The valuation of every man's farm would 
thereby be increased 100 per cent. Money was needed to make 
the "mare go," and go she must, and go she did ! With funds 
pledged sufficient to warrant construction, the grading of the 
road was begun in 1850, and in 1851 had been completed from 
Leeds Junction to Livermore Falls. In the spring of 1852, the 
laying of ties and rails was begun. A small locomotive and 
twelve platform cars were purchased, which constituted the com- 
pany's rolling stock. 

Josiah Littlefield, of Aulmrn, who later became the mechani- 
cal engineer of this road, a fearless and competent locomotive 
driver was secured, and to him was intrusted the whole charge of 
this supply and working train. With the iron laid a short dis- 
tance out from the Junction, the rolling stock was put into use in 
supplying the crews with sleepers, rails and other material used 
in the construction of the road. Mr. Littlefield run his engine 
and the crew of train-workers with the assistance of Woodbury 
I^. Knapp, of Leeds, who was fireman. The loaded cars were 
nni up the track in advance of the engine wdiich was also run 
backward. By this method the cars were run to the extreme 
end of the newly laid rails Vv'here they were unloaded and their 
contents left nearer the place of use than otherwise, as safety 
would not permit the engine to advance thus far. The opening 



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of this road subjected the farmers along the Hne to lots of trouble 
as well as the train employees. Between pastures where stock 
was kept, and also beside fields of corn and grain, fences were, of 
necessity, taken down for the train to pass and repass on its 
mission of labor. This was a source of great annoyance to the 
train men and a greater one to the farmers. To Mr. Littlefield, 
who was obliged to stop and start his train at every fence cross- 
ing, this was especially annoying, and at times, he would leave 
them down when he was to soon return. When so left, the 
farmers, more or less angered, put them up. On one occasion, 
the writer readily recalls the fact (being a favorite of the fire- 
man, though a little boy, accepted frequent invitations to ride on 
the engine), when the road was completed to near North Leeds, 
the train came up with a load, and was to make another trip that 
day. They had left the fence down between the field and pasture 
of Solomon Lothrop. As we descended the grade near the 
river, Mr. Littlefield said: "If Lothrop has put up his fence I 
shall not stop to take it down." When we rounded the little 
curve, we noticed that it was up all right. Littlefield reached 
out, pulled the throttle wide open, and we went into that fence a 
thirty clip. Rails flew in every direction and one, which was 
struck in the center by the guard went directly over the smoke- 
stack and landed on top of the second car. It was a sight to see 
the train men (who always rode on the first car near the tender) 
scamper for the hind end of the train, which pleased Mr. Little- 
field much. The road was completed, with the exception of 
graveling, and opened to travel in November, 1852, when an invi- 
tation to the stockholders was issued for a free ride, which was 
very generally accepted and an enjoyable day passed by many 
who had never before been hauled by steam power. 

A new purchase of rolling stock had just been made, and in 
all, consisted of one small engine, two passenger, one mail, 
six box and twelve platform cars. With no snow-plow and no 
snow fences, the mixed train made trips that winter when con- 
venient, which was infrequent. Some witty son gave it the name 
of "Peanut Road," which attached to it for several years. In the 
summer of 1853, another locomotive was purchased and John 
Brooks, a little man, was procured to run it. This was employed 
most of that season and the following one in graveling the road, 
obtaining most of the material near where the Leeds Center rail- 
road station is now situated and also near the dwelling of Samuel 
P. Libby southerly of Curtis Corner, both of which are in Leeds. 
Too poor to purchase a snow-plow, the company started in on 
its second winter — quite a severe one — and experienced many 
hardships. Dec. 29. 1853, fifteen inches of snow fell, and drifting 
badly, no trains were run Dec. 30, but late in the afternoon of the 
3Tst one succeeded in reaching Livermore Falls. On February 



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23, 1854, snow commenced falling at 4 a.m., and continued all 
day. At ten o'clock a.m., a train started from the Junction, ran 
about three miles, got stuck in a drift, and the engine having 
nearly exhausted the supply of wood and water was unshackled 
from the cars, which were left in the snow, was run to Pettingill's 
crossing, where the tender received a new supply of water carried 
in pails from a brook ten or twelve rods distant, and a goodly 
amount of wood obtained, but instead of returning to the cars 
which contained two ladies and three gentlemen, the severity of 
cold, which had frozen the wet clothing of the carriers of the 
w^ater, and the lateness of the hour decided the engineer to stop 
over night in the shelter of the woods where fuel and water was 
to be obtained, and an opportunity offered to move his engine 
back and forth to prevent it from freezing up and becoming a 
dead monster. The passengers remained in the cars two days 
and one night, supplied with food and fuel by the conductor and 
brakeman from the nearest farm houses. On the morning of the 
24th, a crew of shovelers were at work, and at two o'clock p.m. 
the engine reached the enstalled cars, and after moving them out 
of their snowy beds to near the dwelling of Mr. Abram Wheeler, 
where the ladies were comfortably sheltered, started on its back 
track toward the Junction where it arrived, at last, at midnight. 
The following day, Feb. 25, this train again started out at noon, 
but got no farther than North Leeds, where the night was spent. 
Starting out at seven o'clock the following morning, Livermore 
Falls was reached about noon, where a rest was taken until 
March i. From that time to the 18th. regular trips were made, 
but on that day the shortest one of the season is placed to its 
credit. Starting out at 11 a.m. it had proceeded less than a mile 
when' a drift was encountered and a return to cover made. 
March 19, snowed all day and no train left its moorings. The 
following day a train left the Junction at noon after much shovel- 
ing had been done, and arrived at Livermore Falls at 5 p.m. 
March 24, two feet of snow fell and no trains were out that day. 
March 25, snow was deep on the track, and the train remained 
housed. The following day was blustering, as was also the suc- 
ceeding one, and from then to April i the road was com- 
pletely tied up ; but in the afternoon of that day the shovelers 
made a trip possible, and about 2 p.m. a train was gotten through. 
From that time forth until the following winter, neither snow 
nor frost prevented the making of regular trips. On the 8th 
day of December, 1854, snow fell to the depth of eight inches, 
and clearing with the sunset, a strong northwest wind through 
the night filled all the cuts deep with hard-drifted snow. A train 
composed of two engines, a mail and baggage car, and a passen- 
ger car left Livermore Falls on time the next morning, and with 
great effort succeeded in reaching a cut through the side of a 



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little round hill about 100 rods northerly of the station 
at Leeds Center, in which the train came to a sudden stop mid- 
way of the drift. Backing out with difficulty and running the 
train up the track to the bridge, a new start was made, and with 
all the speed possible they plunged into the drift a second time. 
They broke through it and in doing it the forward engine turned 
short to the left and the front end of the boiler was buried in the 
bank ; while the other left the rails on the opposite side, toppled 
over on its side, and on the platform of the cab, which had broken 
from the tender, both Brooks and Knapp, engineer and fireman, 
rode out into the field uninjured. The draw or coupling rod 
broke behind the tender and left all the cars on the irons, unin- 
jured. Josiah Littlefield was running the leading engine and 
slightly injured by being thrown against the end of the boiler, 
but so slight that he continued in the work of clearing up the 
wreck. This wreck was a strong incentive to procure a snow 
plow, and within a few days one was on the rails and a good 
engine to push it. An old engine called the "Old widow," was 
also procured, and transportation renewed. January 19, 1855, 
snow fell in quantity and the following day none but an engine 
and snow plow went over the road, starting from the Junction at 
noon, arriving at Livermore Falls at 10 p.m., and returning to the 
Junction that night. February 19, 1856, trains were again tied 
up on account of snow. January 9, 1857, train left the rails, 
though unattended with fatalities or personal injuries. Little 
snow fell the succeeding vv^inter and travel but little impeded. 
December 21, 1858, completion of the road having been made to 
East Wilton, trains were that day put in operation to that village. 
On January i, 1859, trains w^ere housed where they remained 
until the afternoon of the 5th, when one started out from the 
Junction, drawn by two engines, and proceeding as far as Leeds 
Center, there, "thinking discretion the better part of valor," 
returned to winter quarters again. Soon after this train started 
on its return, Charles Garcelon came down the line with the "old 
widow" and no snow plow\ In all probability a head on collision 
was averted by the lucky return of that train. No telegraphic 
wires had then been strung on this line, over which running 
orders were communicated. When the "old widow" arrived at 
the Junction, new life was infused into the two-engine train 
hands and starting anew at 10 p.m., a trip was made that night. 
Feb. 3, 1859, Joh^^ Kaufifer, engineer burned his mouth and 
throat so badly in blowing into a pet-cock which was frozen on 
his engine, that he lived but a few hours. The following day, 
the down train did not reach its destination until midnight, 
returning the next afternoon. Feb. 10, i860, w^as a stormy and 
very blustering day. A train arrived at Curtis Corner at 2 p.m., 
destitute of wood and water, where both were supplied, the latter 



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from a brook, distant about 20 rods, conveyed in a hogshead and 
drawn by oxen. The six passengers and train hands, with the 
exception of the engineer and fireman who stayed in the engine, 
were accommodated at the home of Salmon Brewster, where 
they remained until the afternoon of the following day when a 
start was made for the Junction, arriving there in safety and 
returning to Farmington that night. Similar experiences con- 
tinued until the road was leased June 29, 1871, to the Maine Cen- 
trail Railroad Co. for a term of nine hundred and ninety-nine 
years, since which time, with the building of snow fences and 
other modern equipments the road has taken a place among 
those of high standard and good service. Let it ever be remem- 
bered, that to the enterprising citizens of Leeds is due the great 
advantage now being derived from the establishment of this 
great thoroughfare, which extends the entire length of the town, 
and along the shore of the most beautiful of the many sheets of 
water in New Ensfland. 



CHAPTER XIX. 



GLEANINGS, 



Of necessity, the first settlers of new coinitries infested with 
wild animals were himters and trappers. This was true of the 
pioneers of Leeds. Thomas Stinchfield was a daring and cour- 
ageous hunter, and previous to his settlement here had hunted 
and trapped on the Androscoggin and its tributary waters even 
to the Rangeley Lakes, and knew all the country on either side 
of it from the Saco to the Kennebec rivers. Round Pond in the 
northerly part of the town of Livermore was early called Stinch- 
field Pond in honor of him. The name was given it by the 
Indians, and when the white settlers w-ent in there, they adopted 
the Indian name and long retained it. As early as 1773, Thomas 
■ had camps there and on Dead River, and in fact, in many other 
localities. He won the friendship of the Indians by fair deal- 
ing and acts of kindness. He treated them justly and at the 
same time inspired them with confidence and fear. He trusted 
the resident Indians at all times and never lost a debt if the 
|lebtor lived. His wishes and advice were at all times and in all 
'^ases granted and accepted by them, and the lives of many white 
settlers were spared through his instrumentality. In the fall of 
1782, a small wdiite settlement had been made on the Sandy River 
where the village of N^ew Sharon now stands. On a small, round 
hill just a little way north of Farmington Falls, an Indian wig- 
wam village was planted. The red and white men both, were 
hunting and trapping on that river and the little brooks and 
streams that empty into it. Some of the white hunters stole 
game from the Indians' traps, repeatedly, and after due warning, 
still persisted in their robbery. In retaliation the Indians planned 
to massacre them. One of their number, more cautious of the 
consequences of such an act, came for "Father Thomas," arriving 
at his home after the sun set. After being refreshed, they set out 
for Farmington, guided only by spotted trees and their knowl- 
edge of the route, which was not a very desirable undertaking in 
the night time, with no light but that of torches of their make, 
arriving at the Indian village just as the morning light was 
breaking. The warriors were all absent, having gone to New 
Sharon under the cover of darkness to complete their arrange- 
ments for an attack when darkness should come again and the 
thieves all corralled. Tired from his night's tramp of twenty- 



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five miles through the forest, Thomas accepted an invitation from 
the chief's squaw to rest on his couch of skins until the return of 
the warriors, who came in soon after the sun rose. When accosted 
by Thomas, their greetings were : "Ugh !"" which he w^ell knew 
meant persistent determination to wreak their vengeance on the 
thieves. Never before nor after, was his skill so taxed in man- 
aging the red man. It was a long time before he could persuade 
the chief to call his warriors around him and allow him to address 
them. After repeating the wrongs that had been done them, 
his determination to punish the guilty party, and showing them 
the injustice of taking the lives of the innocent men, women and 
children for the crimes of the guilty, he conceived the idea of 
making the thieves return to the Indians double the number of 
traps and skins taken, as many kettles as traps stolen, and lo 
gallons of rum to celebrate their victory on. He then asked the 
chief to accompany him to New Sharon, and with twelve picked 
warriors they went there and he made his demand, with the 
additional proviso that, "if the thieves elected to pay the forfeit 
within twenty-four hours, and within as many hours thereafter 
leave that part of the country never to return, their lives would 
be spared them, otherwise their fate would be left to the merci- 
ful kindness of the people they had so grossly wronged." After 
assuring them that guards would be stationed to prevent their 
escape, he bade them good day. Before the day closed the skins, 
traps, kettles and rum were all delivered, and what otherwise 
would have ended in a tragedy, rid the settlement of thieves and 
the white and red men on Sandy River hunted and trapped 
together in peace. 

The families of the early settlers were largely dependent for 
their meat on the moose, deer, caribou and bear with which the 
forest then abounded. On one occasion, Thomas Millett's store 
of meat was exhausted and he could not tell where he was to 
obtain a fresh supply. The March snow was deep on the 
ground, but with snow-shoes, dog and gun, Millett went to the 
house of Thomas Stinchfield, who knew the haunts of the meat 
animals of the woods, and sought his aid. Likewise equipped 
the two Thomases, accompanied by James Stinchfield, a lad i6 
years old, who carried an ax, the two with two dogs, set out for 
a moose yard near where the buildings of the late Wfilliam 
Boothby now stand. The snow was that deep, instead of rang- 
ing ofif to hunt for game, the dogs chose to follow in the snow- 
shoe tracks and occasionally to ride on the boy's shoes, which 
resulted in broken strings, the mending of which gave the men a 
lead of some distance ahead of him. The dogs had timely warn- 
ing to not again repeat the trick, and their indifference was 
rewarded by an earnest reminder with the ax-handle. They at 
once decided to change the program and started out to break their 



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own road. When a little way off, they set up a furious bark- 
ing, though the lad gave them little attention, thinking that they 
were trying to redeem themselves with him, — barking at some 
small creature of no account, and started off to overtake the men. 
So persistently did they bark that he changed his course and on 
going to them found them digging in ice and snow at the base 
of a giant tree. The ice was an indication of the snow having 
been melted and frozen, and he at once knew the cause. A loud 
call from him, mingled with the baying of the dogs, soon brought 
back the men. His father took the ax and cutting away the ice 
soon came to a hole in the hollow tree. So earnest was Mr. 
Millett — less experienced then than later with the peculiarities of 
wild animals and having all confidence in his dog, requested 
that he be allowed to snuff' in the hole of the tree, saying: "My 
dog can tell whether anything is there." Thus indulged, no later 
than the dog's head was well in the hole, a black glove with pro- 
jecting hooks came down on it, and to prevent him from being 
drawn through the hole, Millett grabbed him by the hind legs 
and said: "I will have part of you." He succeeded in getting all 
of him except a little blood, but the skin from the top of his head 
Avas hanging dovv-n over his nose. After the ice was further cut 
away, — the hole sufficiently large, bruin committed the mistake 
of his life when he attempted to again view the outside world ; 
for, when his clumsy body was midway in the hole, a well aimed 
blow of the poll of the ax prepared him for transportation. The 
snow being too deep and soft to haul him out on sleds, and to tie 
his legs together and carry him on a pole would sink therf snow- 
shoes so deep that traveling would thus be made almost impossi- 
ble, they removed his skin, cut him in quarters and with one each 
on their shoulders carried him. to Stinchfield's in season for dinner. 
While eating, Benjamin, a son of Thomas Millett came in, having 
started out to meet his father. Taking each a quarter of the bear 
they departed for their home, which was w^here Herbert Millett 
now resides ; while Stinchfield and his son James returned to 
the tree for the skin and the other quarter of the bear. In the 
place of moose meat they got that which was fully as welcome to 
them. 

In the fall of 1781, the year following that of the settlement 
of Leeds, on an evening, Thomas Stinchfield was washing out his 
gun preparatory to a hunt the next day. His trusty dog, jump- 
ing up from the chimney-corner rushed to the door and gave 
tongue in unmistakable sounds of the near approach of some 
unwelcome guest. Just back of the house was, nearly ripe, a 
field of Indian corn. The door opened, into the corn went the 
dog and out of it went a bear so closely chased that he took 
refuge in a large tree on the edge of the clearing. After listening 
to the dog a minute Thomas said : "The dog has treed him," and 



314 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

taking a brand off the fire, which he handed to Thomas, Jr., a 
lad thirteen years of age, said: "You and Sarah (11 years) build 
a fire under the tree and keep him up there until I dry my gun 
out, and I will come out and shoot him." Where is the parent 
now who would send children of their ages on a like errand, and 
where are the children to be found who would unhesitatingly 
obey such a command? 

On another occasion, Thomas Stinchfield, knowing where a 
bear and two cubs made their home, which was on the northerly 
end of Hedgehog Hill, took his son James with him to make 
them a visit, and if a favorable opportunity offered, to confiscate 
them. As a precaution, he took his gun along, but did not permit 
the dog to go. Approaching their haunt cautiously, they dis- 
covered the cubs near the den, enjoying a sun bath. They sprang 
forward and caught them, a much easier task than to hold and 
manage them afterward. Their screams soon brought the 
mother-bear to the scene of action, and such manifestations of 
temper are seldom witnessed as those displayed by her. She 
seemed anxious for them to know she had teeth, and even showed 
them without an invitation. Sometimes on end in fighting 
posture, not daring to strike for fear of injuring her own, round 
and round them she went uncomfortably near, first on the one 
side and then on the other, in front, but never behind (not allow- 
able) and such growds and snarling as would put to shame the 
severer type of old maids. In this manner home was at last 
reached where the old bear was shot, having walked from her 
den and saved the labor of hauling or carrying her. In one 
way convenient, but never so pleasant or frequent as to become 
a fixed habit ! 

A moose yard was one winter made, near where the build- 
ings of Robert Gould, at Xorth Leeds, were later erected. Being 
in need of meat. Stinchfield. with Thomas, Jr., and James, his 
sons, started out for there with two sleds, an ax and gun. 
Knowing where and for what he was going, he took but three 
bullets with him. When they reached the yard, which contained 
a bull and two cow moose, it was decided to kill the bull. They 
came upon him broadside to them, standing with his head behind 
a large tree. The father, whose skill as a marksman was never 
in question, took aim for the vital spot and discharged his gun. 
The bull stood in his tracks apparently not even frighted to say 
nothing of being injured. Much surprised, he, no more so than 
the boys, who teasingly offered to make the next shot, again 
loaded without comment and gave the moose a second charge, 
and when the smoke cleared aw^ay the moose stood there still. 
"Boys, I don't understand it," he said. He again loaded and his 
last bullet was in the gun. He deliberately pulled the gun to his 
face and sent his last messenger of death mooseward, but wdth 



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no better success than before — still the moose stood there. Shame 
mingled with a slight touch of anger, he handed the empty gun 
to a boy and taking the ax in hand said: "I will never go home 
and leave that moose standing there !" Approaching him in such 
a manner as to keep the tree m line between him and the moose's 
head, he reached it in safety and with ax raised jumped in front 
of the moose and dealt him a blow such as "Sampson" with that 
jaw-bone of the long-eared horse species must have wielded. Sur- 
prise again awaited him. The first shot killed the moose so 
quickly that his muscles became rigid, his limbs unbending and 
instead of falling, he leaned slightly against a tree on the opposite 
side from whence he was shot, which prevented him from falling. 
On examination, the three bullets had passed through his heart, 
and so near together, though making three holes, were nearly 
cut into one. 

To become an expert in any life calling, experience and prac- 
tice are necessary, without which none attain to perfection. In 
earlv days, the best instruments used in the various pursuits of 
life were, at best, but crude and awkward in their construction. 
When we consider that the fire-arms of our fathers were flint-locks 
and the uncertainty which attended their discharge, it is the more 
remarkable that a proficient gunner might then be found with 
whom the ablest of modern times, with their improved and newly 
invented rifles could but poorly contend in all the various places, 
on land and water, where guns were then so extensively used. That 
of "Father Thomas" was equally good with shot or ball and had 
a barrel 60 inches in lengtli, which gave to the lead a greater 
velocity than that acquired from shorter guns in which the black, 
slow-burning powder of those days was but partially consumed. 
When old age had begun to dim his eye, the forests in the vicinity 
of home rid of their native wild animals — none having felled so 
many as he— long hunting tramps were abandoned. Loath to 
lav aside forever his trusty gun — a companion from youth — fre- 
quently did he request some grandson to paddle him down Dead 
River and along the shores of Androscoggin Lake where he could 
enjov a season of pleasure shooting such fowl as frequented those 
waters. On one occasion the father of the writer, who often 
indulged the old gentleman, returning home from a trip of this 
kind, seeing a loon a distance away, called the old man's atten- 
tion to it. "Do you want to see me shoot him?" he asked. "He 
is too far ofT — don't think you can." "I will try him!" He did 
trv him and the loon made a quick dive. The old man reloaded 
and when the loon again came to the surface, he tried him a 
second time, but again the loon disappeared. "I must have hit 
him!" Nothing daunted, he proceeded to prepare another shot. 
the while looking for a return of that game fowd to the surface. 
The dives were numerous but short, and when an opportunity 



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offered lie tried him a third time, wliich proved fatal. On exam- 
ination of the loon, one bullet cut the feathers on the top of his 
head, another on the side of his neck, while the third passed 
throusfh his head. 



In the late fall of 1773, Thomas and his older brother John, 
boated up the Androscoggin River to Rangeley Lakes, for the 
purpose of trapping and hunting, where they remained until the 
clearing of the ice in the sprmg. They built a camp and set up 
a line of traps, the circuitous distance of which they judged to 
be about fifteen miles. To obtain more game, they concluded to 
separate, build another camp and set up another line of traps. 
The distance between the cam.ps was about ten miles. Game was 
plentiful and the work of tending the traps and caring for the 
skins together with fifteen miles travel each day, kept them 
busy ; while their evenings were spent in gathering fuel and pre- 
paring food. Though but ten miles separated them when in camp, 
six weeks and more had passed without a meeting when, one 
evening, John appeared at the camp of Thomas and when they 
attempted to greet each other, surprise mingled with (what was 
until then a stranger to them) fear, was depicted in their faces; 
for neither could articulate audibly. In attempting to speak to 
his dog on that day, John discovered that he had nearly lost his 
speech, and at once started for the camp of his brother. Several 
days elapsed before their speech was fully recovered. From 
that time on they both occupied the same camp and readjusted 
their lines of traps. 



The gun that Thomas used was his pride and the envy of the 
Indians. Their highest ambition was to become owners of it. 
The chief of the encampment of Roccomeco made fabulous offers 
for it, and at one time proffered the season's catch of fur of his 
village for it. This availed him nothing — it was not for sale 
while the owner was able to sight it. Despairing of obtaining it, 
the best gunners of that wigwam village, foremost among them 
the chief, purchased a lot of new guns and after good practice 
visited "Father Thomas" and challenged him to a shooting match. 
It was late afternoon on a cloudy, dark day, but a range was 
made on the cape — a six-inch ring with white border and center 
drawn, ready for action. To them Thomas said : "You are the 
challengers and may shoot all you like, but I shall shoot but 
twice." Then they decided to take two shots each, which would 
decide who was the victor. Thomas was to be the last of the 13 
contestants to shoot. The Indians, by course, made their shots 
and good ones they were, ten of which were in or within the 
ring, and three in close proximity to the bull's eye. Confident of 



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having won, the sachem said to Thomas, "Big shoot, no beat him 
white man !" When they gathered at the target to witness the 
effect of the white man's shot, the bull's eyesight had been hope- 
lessly injured. Victory lost when so nearly won had its effect on 
the nervous systems of the Indians, and haste to achieve a victory 
the next time was more apparent than their accuracy of vision. 
Darkness was approaching and by the time Thomas' turn would 
come to shoot again, darkness would prevent him from plainly 
seeing the target. He suggested postponement until the morn- 
ing, but hoping for the success of some of the first to shoot, and 
knowing their advantage, they persisted in shooting it off that 
night. Then said Thomas : "You may shoot when you like, but 
I shall wait for darkness to settle down and shoot then." The 
Indians, with the exception of the sachem, whose turn came next 
before Thomas', all chose to use the remaining daylight, but only 
four bullets were placed inside the ring and those near the cir- 
cumference. Little later a candle and chalk were brought, the 
former was adjusted in front of the injured bull's eye, the latter 
rulibed on the two guns, and everything in order the chief made 
his shot, which was a good line exhibition, cutting off the candle 
about an inch below the center of the target. For once, the 
shores of the lake resounded with the whoops of the jubilant and 
cunning bucks, but to little purpose, for when the stub of the 
candle was relighted and readjusted with the blaze in front of 
the center of the target, unmoved by the noise which had died 
away in the distance, with nerves as steady as the eternal hills, 
Thomas deliberately brought his gun in line from his eye to the 
blaze of the candle and when it spoke forth, darkness prevailed 
on the face of the earth, and where were the Indians when the 
light went out ? 

On the low meadow, beside the lake, now owned by D. P. 
True, is a point on which rocks and bushes abound, and in the 
time of high water in spring and fall is an island. In early 
time, before the alluvial deposit attached it to the main land, it 
was named "Little Island," which name it has retained to the 
present. On this promontory, when the meadow is flowed, 
nmskrats, driven from their haunts, there congregate in large 
numbers. In the latter part of the month of April, 1857, Janies 
.Stinchfield, a son of Thomas, then a man nearly 84 years old — 
still retaining great vigor and his taste for hunting and trapping 
to which he had been accustomed thus far in life — betook him- 
self, loaded with steel traps and a pocket of parsnips, to a boat 
on the shore near his house, and distant from the island near 
100 rods. Although the ice yet remained in the lake, the rise of 
water left an open space between it and the shore, and open 
water covered the meadow. After launching the craft, he pad- 



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died to this island, and wishing to land on the lake side, oppo- 
site of where the rats had their places of abode, he made the 
attempt. The water was deep and the bushes too thickly set 
to admit the boat to pass through them to the land. He laid 
aside his paddle and going to the bow of the boat parted the 
bushes with his hands and holding on. attempted to pull the 
boat through them to the shore, but his strong pull was too 
much for the bush which suddenly broke, and consequently he 
went over the side of the boat, head foremost on his back, into 
the ice water. In making this backward dive, one of his feet 
became fastened between the side boards and a rave broken 
around on the inside of the boat's knees, and thus he was sus- 
pended, head downward and under water. For a young man 
to extricate himself from such a critical position would have 
been no easy task, and especially one of his avoirdupois (about 
200 lbs.), but he freed himself, after a time, and climbing into 
the boat, paddled against a raw, cold, northeast wind to the 
shore. Having always been well and hardy, no particular pre- 
caution was taken more than a change of clothing and warmth 
bV the fire, and pneumonia followed, from the eiTects of which 
he died, July 28, 1857. 



River and lake waters offered like opportunities to the early 
settlers and the people of later time of becoming expert swim- 
mers. Some there were, and some there are, who excel in the 
different works and amusements practiced by the human race. 
James Stinchfield was a man of great lung capacity and vitality 
and was thus enabled to hold his breath a long time. He 
became a celebrity as a long distance diver. From the Kenne- 
bec River came a man to visit the family of Daniel Lane. He 
was a diver of repute and not unboastful of his skill. He 
claimed to be boss of the Kennebec and could teach the boys of 
Leeds such water tricks as they had never known. The Lane 
boys and some of the men, even, not particularly pleased with 
his boasting, arranged a meeting at the river near where the 
bridges now span it, and invited James to witness the exhibition 
and also to test this man's ability in long diving. Everything in 
readiness, mid a large number of men and boys who were there 
gathered, they stripped for the contest. The agreement was, 
that the boaster should make his dive first and remain where he 
came up, treading water to keep himself in place. Among those 
who had gathered to witness the scene was one James Lindsey. 
(Those acquainted with the Lindsey people know their aptitude 
for fun and story-telling.) In apparent candor and soberness, 
he had just related the story that a monster sea turtle had been 
seen in the river but a few days previous, and that he caught 
and swallowed a sheep belonging to Increase Leadbetter while 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 319 

drinking from the river, and expressed his hope that the "crit- 
ter" hadn't "come that way." This cooled the Kennebec man's 
ardor several degrees, but the dread of the fun that would be 
made at his expense if he backed out, was fully equal to his fear 
of the turtle, so he made his dive, which was a reasonably good 
one. Stinchfield, appreciatmg the force of Lindsey's story, 
made his dive, and after a time, passing where the man was yet 
treading w-ater, rubbed his back against the man's feet, who, 
mistaking it for the turtle, squalled like a scared cat, and jump- 
ing as nearly out of the water as possible, made the shore as 
quickly as his trembling limbs would take him. His fright and 
defeat cost him a treat of all that ofathered at the bar. 



In early times, when military trainings were in order, Loth- 
rop's Corner, being near the center of the town, was the place 
usually selected to parade and drill the people liable to do mil- 
itary duty ; although Keene's Corner or Pine Plains sometimes 
enjoyed the honor. These were occasions when the people gath- 
ered in large numbers to witness the drill and the various 
amusements that were sure to follow^ It is admitted that Leeds, 
in those days, was not, strictly, a temperance town. Most of the 
stores through the country dealt heavily in wet. West India 
goods, which were in good demand. Some events that trans- 
pired on those and other occasions, and especially the days of 
"muster," have been handed down and retained in the memory 
of those of the present generation. Practical jokes were not 
uncommon ; and, to the natural wit and cunning of some of the 
people — quickened by the spirit — which was distributed in a 
pail and administered with a dipper, is due many original features 
of amusement. On one occasion, Mr. Samuel More, a positive, 
matter-of-fact gentleman and much-respected citizen, was the 
object selected to entertain the people. When the spirit moved 
with him, it was always in an antagonistic manner and he was 
ready to back up his argument by brute force. One Daniel 
Harvey, to whom the spirit added to his fund of native sport, 
engaged Mr. More in argument and a difference soon arose, 
which culminated in an agreement to fight. A condition was 
made to which they both positively agreed, which was : "When 
either one said 'enough,' the other should not strike another 
blow." They were both strong, resolute men, and to those who 
were not in the game, a hard battle was expected. They 
stripped for the fight. Harvey struck More a stunning blow and 
at the same time cried enough. More was a man of his w^ord 
and kept it, but with poor grace. 

On another occasion a foot-race from the town house to the 
store was a feature of the program. A large number of young 



320 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

men lined up to await the word, go ! Levi Caswell, a man more 
than seventy years old, who never tempted the people who were 
light fingered by leaving his whip in his carriage, but always, on 
such occasions, carried it in his hand, asked the participants in 
the race if they were willing for him to start in behind and drive 
them. They readily assented and the word was given. After 
they were fairly under way the old man began to ply the lash, 
and before the store was reached he drove every one out of the 
road into the ditch. This is not offered to detract from the 
fieetness of the young men, but to show the agility of the old 
gentleman and his skill in the use of the whip. 



In days of "ye olden time" an indispensable amusement was the 
wrestling match. Musters, trainings, raisings, huskings, town 
meetings, etc., were all occasions of which the last act was a test of 
the science and skill of the athletes. An imaginary line drawn 
across the town from east to west divided it into North and 
South, and a spirit of rivalry for the mastery existed. On these 
occasions a representative from each section would choose from 
his territory all that wished or would consent to participate m 
the contest. The non-participants as well were deeply interested 
in the success of their respective sides, — all the more so, as the 
defeated party was expected to stand a treat for the massive 
gathering. Among the experts of the North at collar and elbow 
were : John, Isaac and James Stinchtield, Jr., Walter Foss, 
Charles Knapp, Benjamin Francis, George and other Lothrop 
boys, several of the young Lanes and Jennings, Archibald and 
James Lindsey ; while at the back-hug, where strength was a 
prominent feature, John Stinchfield, Thomas Graffam, several 
of the Leadbetter boys and others were among the chief contest- 
ants. But the former was the style most in use. In the South- 
ern division the sons of Levi Caswell stood at the head and 
were ably seconded by the Curtises, Keenes, Sumners, Additons, 
Turners, Lindseys, Bishops, Pettingills, Bateses, etc. Although 
divided at home, when away at general musters, there was no 
North and South, but they all stood shoulder to shoulder like 
the noble sons of Leeds which they were. When the custom 
died out, Leeds contained several men whose backs had not 
been dirted for twenty years. It was very seldom that the best 
performers participated and the victories won were quite evenly 
divided between the two sections. Both the Caswell and Stmch- 
field boys w^ere nautrally reserved and unassuming. Some of 
the former had lately returned from sea (I think,) and during 
their home stay it was planned by the mouth-pieces of both 
sections to have a general match and to arrange it so the boys of 
these families, who had never met in contest, would come 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 32 1 

together in the ring. It was on the occasion of a training when 
all liable to do military duty were expected to be present, and 
the place of meeting was Lothrop's Corner. After the drill 
was over, the two lines were drawn up facing each other and 
the contest begun at the lower end of the lines. The Caswell boys 
headed one line with the Curtis boys on their right next to them 
and others in their order. The Stinchfields headed the other 
line and Walter Foss. George Lothrop and Benjamin Francis on 
their left and others in their order. Gradually the lines shortened, 
but that of the North much the faster, until Benjamin Francis was 
sent in. He threw four. George Lothrop cut the number down 
three more. At this stage but four were remaining on the side 
of the North and six on the side of the South. Walter Foss 
was sent in and threw his man. His next antagonist was a 
Curtis and he threw him on his side, but in doing it broke his 
hold, which was decided to be an unfair throw. They tried it 
a second time and Curtis threw him. James Stinchfield was 
next sent in and Curtis and his brother were both thrown. The 
three Stinchfield brothers and three Caswell brothers remained. 
James was somewhat tired, for the two Curtis boys had not been 
thrown without taxing well his skill and efforts. It was known 
that John Stinchfield — much the larger and stronger of the 
three brothers — had a boil on his leg, and consented to enter 
the ring on condition that if the South threw all on his side he 
would wrestle once only, with anyone they might pick out. The 
odds were in favor of the Caswell brothers at this stage in the 
game. They were heavy, strong men and very agile. Isaac 
and James Stinchfield were not above medium size, but weighed 
well compared with their looks. Both sides dreaded the con- 
test which was to be witnessed by an immense gathering, who 
stood speechless and anxious. James stood in the ring and 
awaited the coming of his new antagonist. It was evident from 
the first pass that Air. Caswell intended to use his strength. He 
made several attempts to take an inside lock, when his supposed 
excess of muscle would do the rest. At last he succeeded in 
getting it, but to his surprise he came underneath. James 
immediately hopped on one foot back to his place in the line, 
where a seat was improvised at his request, and said to his 
brother Isaac, 'T have hurt my leg and you better take my 
place." Two only on each side now remained. Isaac went in 
and took his injured brother's place and two fresh and anxious 
men came together. The first time Mr. Caswell took a foot 
from the ground he was almost instantly on his back. Getting 
up he said, "You did it fairly and easily, and I will consider it 
a personal favor if you will give me another chance to see how 
you did it." The answer was, "We will wait and let John and 
your brother try titles and if John don't oblige me to take his 
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322 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

place I will accommodate you." After tearing up the ground a 
few minutes John landed his man. Then came the accommo- 
dation trial, which resulted like the first. The brother who had 
been thrown by John thought he saw^ how his brother was so 
easily thrown and asked for a chance to have it tried on him. 
But he also went down with little exertion and could not tell 
how. Their father, patting Isaac on the shoulder, said, "I did 
not bring my boys up to be thrown. If I was not so old I would 
trv vou." 



CHAPTER XX. 

MARRIAGE INTENTIONS, WITH DATE OF CERTIFICATE. 
180I. 

Obadiah Turner and Tabitha Dyer, July. 
Thomas Lothrop and Cyntha Brett, September. 
George Turner and Betsy B. Gilbert, September. 
Alpheus Turner and Betsy Creech, November. 
Edwin Baily and Ruth Bates of Greene, November. 

1802. ■ 

Ahira Gilbert and Olive Gilbert, April. 

James Stinchfield and Hannah Pettingill, June. 

Levi Foss and Betsy Millett, September. 

Daniel Lane and Ruth Pratt, October. 

Jesse Torrey and Sally Morse, December. 

Reuben Hanes and Jane Penley of Pejepscot, December. 

1803. 

Jira Fish, Jr., and Eunice Bumpus, September. 
Hazerenan Draper and Hannah Pratt, September. 
Abner Curtis and Lydia Turner, August. 
Sylvanus Atkins and Susannah Mason, September, 
Cyrus Sampson and Nabby Wing, September. 
Joseph Turner and Deborah Gilbert, July. 
William Day and Lucy Sampson, September. :2il 
John Row and Sally Stinchfield, October. 
Thomas Southard and Anna Welcom, November. 

1804. 

Samuel Hanes and Priscilla Whitting, April. 
John Leadbetter and Rachel Foss, July. 
David Berry and Deborah Pratt, April 12. 
Nathl. Gilbert and Sophia Stubbs, October. 
Stephen Webster and Nancy Lowell, November. 

1805. 

Samuel Stubbs and Ruth Bates, April. 
Benjamin Gilbert and Lydia Jones, September. 
Benjamin Leadbetter and Jennie Collier, November. 



324 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

1806. 

Noah Frost and Sally Harmon, January. 

David Atkins of Wayne and Margery Besse, March. 

James Gilbert and Hannah Jacobs of Waterville, March. 

Jabez Dagget and ]\Iehitabal Drake, March. 

Luther Gary of Livermore and Polly Lothrop, March. 

Israel Millett and Betsv Harris of Greene, April. 

Elijah Gilbert of Turner and Huldah Gilbert, June. 

Samuel Leadbetter and Betsey Parcher of Saco, September, 

Peter Comings of Greene and Sally Andrews, November. 

Seth Burgess and Virtue Dicker of Monmouth, November. 

1807. 

Samuel Burgess of Livermore and Hannah Hammond, Jan- 
uary. 

Daniel Foss and Eunice Lane, February. 

William Smith of Waterville and Rubey Streeter, April. 

Henry Moss and Rebecca Bailey of Greene, February. 

William A. Day and Betsey Jones, July. 

Stillman Howard and Lydia Lothrop, September. 

Amasa Dexter of Wayne and Patty Burgess, October. 

Stephen Boothby and Susannah Buswell of Winthrop. Nov- 
ember. 

Ira Lothrop and Sally Leach. November. 

Ebenezer Mason and Mercv P. Fish, December. 



Massey Sylvester and Lyda Turner, March. 

James McNeal and Nabby Hicks, July. 

James Getchell of Waterville and Nancy Moss, April. 

Constant Southard, Jr., of Fayette and Sally Hicks, May. 

Cyrus Foss and Polly Lane, July. 

Timothy Foster and Anne Moss, June. 

Peter Lane and Grace Turner, June. 

Abishai Washburn and Sally Sturdevant, July. 

Capt. Daniel Lothrop and Lucy Gilbert, August. 

Lewis Turner and Hannah P. Collier, July. 

Henry Gilbert and Mehitabel Morse, July. 

James Wing and Mary Richmond, October. 

Samuel Jennings, Jr., and Phebe Morton, December. 

John Wing of Wavne and Mary Burgess, October. 

Daniel Lindsay and Jane Gilbert, October. 

John Gould and Olive Andrews of Buxton, February. 

George Foss and Anne Pettingill of Wayne, November. 

John Foster and Priscilla Gilbert, October. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS S^S 

William Stinchfiekl and Sally Canwell, November 

Jonathan Gordon of Che.terville and Sarah Pettmgill, Nov 

€mber. 

1809. 

William Robinson of Lisbon and Keziah Andrews, January. 

Caleb Win- and Joanna Gilbert, February. 

Nathan Randell and Susanna Creach. March. 

Warren Drake and Melinda Lothrop. April. 

William Turner. Jr., and Hannah Tibbets, June. 

Ebenezer Libby and Sally Foster, June. 

Toseoh Pettineill and Alice Allen of Greene Jivl^y 4- 

&as Drinl^vvater of Livermore and Pnscdla George July 

\™iam Brewster and Christiana Bnggs of Greene August. 

Nathan Morle and Clarissa Sylvester of Greene, November. 

Edwin Adams and Chloe Gilbert, August. 

James Torry and Polly Joselin August^ 

Joseph Freeman and Anne Judkms, October. 

John Mower, Jr., of Greene and Mehitable Andrews, Octo- 

^"'Charles Grandison Gilbert and Martha Day December. 
John Francis and Patience Parcher, November. 
Natlvin Keith of Winslow and Harry Nesbit, November. _ 
far^ Foss and Marv McKinney of Scarborough, NovemDer. 
Tl^mas Labree and' Judith Ham of Greene. December. 
Micajah Dudley and Experience Wing, January. 

1810. 
Sylvanus Hammond, Jr., of Wayne and Betsey Curtis, Jan- 

"""'^rbida Briggs of Greene and Olive Brewster, January. 
John Richards and Polly Thompson March. 
Naphtali Mason and Molly Jepson, February . 
Stephen Hutchinson and Asenath Drew Gdbert, July. 
Solomon Lothrop and Sarah Lothrop July. 
Samuel Brown and Sarah Cushman of Turner. June. 
Zachariah Parcher and Persis Pratt July. 
Hirah House and Clarissa Streeter, November. 
Simeon Gould and Abigail Stuart August 
Jonathan ^lorse and Jane Libby of Saco, August. 
Philip Libbv and Christiana Howe August. 
Coddino- Drake and Sallv Gilbert, November 
Josh a Davis of Winthfop and Betsey Jennmgs, November. 
itrWo'Jdman and Ma v Bradbury of Buxton November. 
Hazaranan Draper of Livermore and Mrs. Ruth Lane, 

^^"jo^^hua Lane and Mehitable Brett, December. 



326 HISTORY OF LEEDS 



181I. 



Zebulun Stinchfield and Sally Stuart, January. 

Alexander Jennings and Mary Lindsay, January. 

Moses Collier and Catherine Taylor, January. 

Charles Knap and Catherine Lindsay, February. 

Isaac Collier and Mrs. Susannah Dyer, April. 

William Carver and Jane Smith, of Greene, September. 

William Sprague, Jr., of Greene and Martha Brewster, April. 

George Gordon of Wayne and Lydia Pettingill, July. 

John Walker and Eliza Snellen of Greene, August. 

Thomas Libby and Joanna Turner, November. 

Richard Crockett and Pollv Gilbert, November. 



I«I2. 



Peter Robinson and Maria Chambers, colored, January. 
James Labree and Hannah Stetson of Greene, February. 
Joseph Whitney and Betsey Meanes, March. 
Joseph Knapp, Jr., and Deborah Cushman, March. 
Josiah Brown of Wayne and Betsy Paul, April. 
Abner Brown of Greene and Rachel Murray, May. 
Philip Williams of Turner and Sally Jennings, June. 
Heber Kimball and Olive Tupper, June. 
Amos Murray and Mary Sampson of jGreene, May. 
Joseph Fellows of Winthrop and Mary Durell, June. 
Simeon Gould and Betsey Leadbetter, June. 
Epharaim Woodman of Wilton and Sally Otis, July. 
John Additon and Hannah Robbins, September. 
David Ridley and Polly Gould, September. 
Sylvester Jones of Turner and Lydia Sampson, July. 
Caleb Wing and Desire Turner, August. 
Lebbeus Curtis and Betsev Tibbetts, November. 



1813. 

Allen House and Charity Hammond, of Wayne, February. 

Reuel Pettingill and Lydia Briggs of Greene, March. 

John Shepard Carey of Paris and Phebe Lane, March. 

William Gould and Olive Gould, April. 

John Thompson and Polly Ramsdell, June. 

James Drew Gilbert of Turner and Rebecca Day, July. 

Robert Sampson and Nancy Meanes, December. 

James Lindsay and Lydia Lane. 

Simeon Turner and Deborah Libby of Saco, November. 

Cyrus Boothby and Charity Chubbock, December. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS _ 327 

1814. 

Alson Lothrop and Huldah Richmond of Winthrop, January^ 

Josiah Turner and Elmira Smith of Greene, January. 

Zachariah Perry of Wayne and Ruby Smalley, February. 

Daniel Cuff and Temperance Svv^ift, March. 

Luther Leadbetter and Jemima Lane, March. 

Joshua Campbell of Livcrmore and Nancy Carver, March. 

Amos Phillips and Patty Howard of Livermore, March. 

John Gray of Paris and Solomon Berry, March. 

Perez S. Jennings and Joanna Lane, June. 

Ebenezer Harmon of Wayne and Janette Pettingill, Decem- 
ber. 

Arcadus Pettingill and Polly Tribou, November. 

James Leadbetter and Fanny Otis, July. 

Thaddeus Foss and Jedidah Norris of Wayne, August. 

Aaron Morse and Polly Brewster, August. 

William INIanes and Hannah Day, November. 

Dr. Thomas W. Brighani and Aurelia Howard, October. 

Joseph Turner and Hannah Pettingill of Greene, October. 

John Andrews and Polly Morse of Livermore, December. 

Edward Doane of Hamden and Dorcas Gould, December. 

James Taylor and Hannah Campbell of Livermore, December, 

Nathaniel Richards and Jane Carle, December. 

William W^oodsum of Sumner and Rosannah Woodman, 
December. 

1815. 

Henry Austin and Hannah Lovejoy of Wayne, January. 

Samuel Morse and Alargaret Ayr of Buxton, February. 

William Ramsdell and Anna Deane, March. 

Howard Sylvester and Mehitable Wing, April. 

William T. Gilbert and Anna Samson of Greene, October. 

Robert Curtis of Greene and Deborah Curtis, April. 

Samuel Gilbert and Anna Chase of Buckfield, April. 

Bailey Gilbert and Sally B. Smart, April. 

John Beals of Greene and Judith Jones, April. 

David B. Creach and Betsey Ridley, April. 

Josiah Curtis and Plannah Billington of Wayne, May. 

Lsaac Jones and Hannah Beals, August. 

John Gould and Mrs. Ruth Powers of Buxton, September. 

Jacob Bailey, Jr., and Lorana Nesbit, December. 

John House and Nancy Perry of Wayne. 

1816. 

Zebulon Deane and Esther Millett of Turner, January. 

Jerris Manwell and Phebe Bishop, April. 

John Sturdivant of Wayne and Jerusha House, February. 



328 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Salmon Townsend of Turner and Deborah Samson, March, 
Eleazer Carver, Jr., and Hannah Stinchfield, April. 
Moses Collier and Hannah Turner, July. 
David Morse and Hannah Day, April. 
Nathanial Foy and Lydia Chute, September. 
Alpheus Lane and Sally Foss, November. 
Leavitt Lothrop and Betsy Lane, November. 
Samuel Whitney and Salome Berry, November. 
Thaddeus Foss and Jerusha Hanes, November. 
John Ramsdell, Jr.. and jNIercy Rose, November. 
Marcus Gilbert and Jane Samson of Greene, December. 
John Mains and Abig-ail R. Day, July.. 

1817. 

Thomas Lindsey and Olive Creach, March. 

Josiah Gilbert and Bethany Day, March. 

Zenas V^aughan of Livermore and Eunice Knapp, March. 

Noah Blanchard of Freeman and Polly Knapp, March. 

Henry Jennings and Hannah Lothrop, March. 

John Perry of Wayne and Rhoda House, June. 

William Walcott of New Sharon and Lydia Stetson, April. 

Thomas Grafifam and Lydia Bishop, May. 

Ira Lamb and Polly Herrick, July. 

John Keen of Greene and Polly Beals, December. 

Eliab Alden of Greene and Eunice Collier, September. 

Josiah Day and Mrs. Betsy Elms, November. 

1818. 

Stephen Foster, Jr., and Adeline Drake of Greene, x^pril. 
Jonas Harris and Mary Chambers, December. 
W^illiam Mitchell and Abigail Morse of Turner, April. 
Lewis Jennings and Nabby Foster, January. 
Ichabod Carey, transient, and Persis Bishop, March. 
Hannibal Farwell of Vassalborough and Alice Caswell, Jan- 
uary. 

Charles Bates and Betsy Merrill, February. 

Solomon Davee of Hebron and Rachel Alason, March. 

Stephen Boothby and Hepseba Tibbets of Wells, March. 

Issachar Lane and Dorcas Lane, April. 

John Jennings, Jr., and Hannah Carlton of Winthrop. May. 

Samuel C. Hodgdon of Livermore and Betsey Lamb, April. 

Stillman Harvey and Loria Prescott of Greene, April. 

Gideon Owen and Amelia Hood of Turner, April 

Martin Mason and Mary Brown of Greene, April. 

Daniel Burnham and Pliebe Howe, July. 

Jacob Chandler and Thankful Higgins, August. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 329 

Hazael Samson and Mary Wing, October. 
Samuel Wood of Kingfiekl and Betsey Torrey, October. 
Francis George, Jr., and Nancy Fish, August. 
John Arno and Mrs. INIiriam Hanes, August. 
James Comings and Betsey Jack of Topsham, October. 
Jeremiah Day and Polly Maines, October. 
Ansel Lander of Kingfiekl and Bathsheba Cushman. Novem- 
ber. 

1819. 

Enoch Tupper and ]\Iehitable Robbins, November. 
Isaac Bowley of New Sharon and Fanny Pratt, March. 
Eliot Harper of Waldo and Lucy Pratt, March. 
Caleb Carver and Bethiah Harvey, April. 
Isaac Pettingill and Hannah Norris of Wayne. 
William Robbins and Sally House, September. 1 
Peter Colburn of Sumner and Rebecca Mason. October. 
Joshua Ramsdell and Rebecca Thompson of Buckfield, 
November. 

1820. 

William Birt of Turner and Eunice Murray, March. 
Zopher Deane and Deborah Robbins, January. 
George Gordon of Wayne and Ruth Pettingill, January. 
Charles Merrill of Turner and Elizabeth Freeman, January. 
James Lamb, Jr., and Lillis Fish, March. 
Nathaniel House, Jr., and Mary Parcher, March. 
Joshua Tupper and Lucy Donham, May. 
John Parcher and Matilda Pratt, July. 
Joseph Gould, Jr., of Wayne and Hannah H. Libby, May. 
James L. Bishop and Lois Whiting, November. 
Jabez Leadbetter of Wayne and Lucretia Howard, Novem- 
her. 

Oliver Cushman and Anice Lander, November. 
John Melvin of Chesterville and Eunice Gould, November. 
Caleb Carver and Augusta Copeland, November. 
Warren L. Mitchell and Julia Gilbert, November. 
Merrick Lamb and Eunice W^ashburn of Greene, December. 
Edw^ard Jones and Fanny Lane, December. 
John Mason and Parmealia Soper of Chesterville, December. 

1821. 

Isaac Beals, Jr., and Lydia Briggs of Greene, January. 
Thomas Additon and Anna Beals. January. 
Joseph S. Dunham and jMercy Roblnns, February. 
Joseph Leavitt of Livermore and Judith Jones, March. 
Levi Bates and Hannah Bailev, March. 



2,SO HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Archibald Lindsey and Susanna Turner, November. 

Ambrose Brown and Cynthia Phihips, June. 

Zebulon Libby of Greene and Jane Turner, June. 

Daniel Greene and Hannah Phelps of Buckfield, June. 

Stephen Knapp and Sally Gott, August. 

John Hatch and Sarah Pettingill of Lewiston, August. 

Ira Sampson and Susan Gilbert, August. 

Robert Lindsey and Vesta Merrill of Turner, August. 

Samuel Maloon of Greene and Lucretia Wheeler, September. 

Water Boothby and Betsey Ayer, October. 

Israel Herrick and Abigail Lamb, February. 

Jira Fish, Jr., and Mrs. Mary Mason, December. 

1822. 

Col. Walter Blaisdell of Lewiston and Ruby Additon, Jan- 
uary. 

William Elms and Loisania Shaw of Greene, February. 

Isaac Mason and Eliza Donham of Hebron, February. 

Abiel Bishop and Lydia Perry of Wayne, March. 

Marshall Pratt of Greene and Martha Freeman, March. 

Nathan Stetson and Abigail Pettnigill, April. 

Zebulon Stinchfield and Betsey Linscott of Chesterville. 

Thomas Francis, Jr., and Alice Lothrop. 

Thomas Haines and Lydia Howe, July. 

Samuel Wing of Livermore and Lucinda George, June. 

Stephen Rackley and Abigail Lane. 

Andrew Cushman, Jr., and Sally King. 

Simeon Foss and Betsey Livermore of Livermore. 

Stephen Foy of Livermore and Elizabeth Bishop, August. 

Edwin Turner and Anna Day, September. 

Daniel Harvey and Mehitable Gott of Wayne, September. 

John Lane and Vesta Phillips of Greene, Alarch. 

Robert Crummit and Mary Ann Foster, November. 

Benjamin Berry and Abigail Lothrop, December. 

Joseph Richmond of Greene and Anna Bailey, December. 

1823. 

Luther L. Howard and Rhoda Mitchell, March. 

Daniel Foard and Jemima Bridgham of Winthrop, March. 

Zachary Carey and Miriam Morse of Hebron, April. 

Warren Studi'fant of Wayne and Charlotte Maines, May. 

James Roberts and Elizabeth Chandler, December. 

John Whiting, Jr., and Patience Bailey of Greene, July. 

Charles Knapp and Hannah Lindsey, June. 

John D. Millett and Axah Rose. 

Levi Gilbert and Ruth Robbins, August. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 33 1 

Benjamin Beals of Dexter and Caroline Leonard, August. 
Benjamin Ridley and Eliza Jenkins of Wayne, August. 
David Lane and Lydia Brewster, NovemlDer. 
Zebulon Stinchfield and Keziah Freeman, September. 
John Burnham and Elliance Richards, November. 
Elijah Gott of Wayne and Polly Stinchfield, December. 
Alvin Lane and Lucy Mitchell, December. 
Jirah Fish and Joanna Irish of Turner, November. 
Ansel Fish and Sarah Fish, December. 

Salmon Brewster and Betsey Shaw of Greene, December. 
John Drought of Livermore and Adeline Foss, December. 
Marcus Gilbert and Miriam Coburn of Greene, December. 

1824. 

James Campbell of Livermore and Malinda George, March. 
Harvey Bates and Nancy G. Rand of Monmouth, February. 
Cyrus Bishop and Seviah Maxim of Wayne, March. 
Martin Bates and Joanna Curtis, March. 
Josiah Moulton and Olive Lane, March. 
Almond Smith of Durham and Diana Turner, May. 
Seth Fish, Jr., and Deborah Fish. 
Oliver P. Frost and Esther ]\L Jennings, November. 
Thomas Lothrop and Mrs. Mehitable Lane of Paris, Septem- 
ber. 

Nathaniel Walton of Wayne and Caroline Fish, September. 
Charles Phillips of Greene and Olive Leonard, September. 
Charles Bates and Hannah Lindsey, October. 
Samuel B. Murray and Zebiah Deane, November 
William Gott, Jr., of W^ayne and Ruth Gould, November. 
Lewis Pettingill and Olive Fish, December. 
David Higgins and Abigail Brown of Livermore, December. 
Samuel Norris of Livermore and Lydia Higgins, December. 
Jesse Lane and Charlotte Jones, December. 
Isaac Jennings and Lucy Wentworth of Lisbon. 
David Cary and Louisa Lothrop, December. 
Seth Fish and Abigail Carver, December. 

1825. 

Asa Porter of Hamden and Dorcas Doane, January. 
Levi Morrell of Sumner and Olive Woodman, March. 
Eliphalet Loton Smart and Susan Robbins, IMarch. 
Joseph Bishop, Jr., and Jemima Norris of Wayne, April. 
George Emery of Greene and Chloe Additon, November. 
David House and Hannah B. Foster, April. 
Asa Rose. Jr., and Tabitha Millet, October. 
Simeon Foss and Sarah Ellen Norris, Wayne, July. 



332 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Thomas Owens and Betsey Bates, July. 
Ezra Leadbetter and Sally Woodman, September. 
Samuel Lothrop and Sally Records of Greene, October. 
Samuel Elder of Buxton and Miranda Parcher, October. 
Oren Whitman of Turner and Deborah C. Jennings, Decem- 
ber. 

John S. Carey and Aphia S. Bolster of Paris, November. 

Zachariah Perry and Jane House, November. 

Nelson Rose and Betsey Brown, November. 

Salmon Elms and Jane Berry, November. 

Luther Robbins and Susan A. Lothrop, December. 

1826. 

Luther Ramsdell and Achsah Pratt, March. 

Jonathan Bartlett of Montville and Fanny Leadbetter, Jan- 
uary. 

Addison Martin of Guilford and Lydia Otis, January. 

Luther Robbins and Susan A. Lothrop, December. 

Allen Wing and Julia Ann Chandler of Monmouth, January. 

Alvin Leavitt of Turner and Susan Deane, April. 

Joshua P. Lamont of Bath and Betsey L. Mitchell, May. 

Isaac Pratt and Abigail Parcher of Chesterville, April. 

Elisha H. Sampson and Sylvia Gurney of Winthrop, Septem- 
ber. 

Sullivan Lothrop and Susan Bigelow of Bluefield, June. 

Abial Bishop and Dorcas Lindsey, July. 

Daniel Parcher and Clarissa Berry. July. 

William Fish, Jr., and Lydia Reed, August. 

Walter Foss and Dorcas Morrison of Wayne, August. 

Benjamin Woodman and Joanna Leadbetter, August. 

Amos Berry and Mary Curtis, August. 

Morgan Brewster and Hannah Robinson of Greene, Sep- 
tember. 

Ammi Smith of Greene and Cyrene Bisbee, September. 

Josiah Moulton and Lorinda Lane, September. 

Henry A. Gilbert and Christinia Alden of Greene, October. 

Jacob Sampson and Ruth Collins of Litchfield, October. 

Ephraim Maxim of Wayne and Mrs. Susan Howard, Novem- 
ber. 

Stillman Moulton and Esther Foss, November. 

Ephraim Foss and Harriet Townsend of Minot, December. 

1827. 

Abram Wheeler and Mahala Mitchell of Vienna, February. 
Joseph Mitchell, Jr., and Hannah Robb of Bath, January. 
Dodivah Harmond of Livermore and Phebe Harmond, Feb- 
ruarv. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 333 

Hazel Rose of Greene and Betsey P. Turner, February. 

Lincoln Curtis and Polly Perry, Alarch. 

Lorenzo Sylvester and Sarah Leavitt of Turner, March. 

Ruel Fobs and Polly Lothrop, June. 

Joseph Metcalf of Hollis and Betsey Gould, October. 

Ezekiel Bates and Sobrina Bates, May. 

William Pettingill, Jr., and Eunice Day, May. 

Ansel Turner and Lorana Francis, November. 

Amasa W. Hall of Livermore and Jerusha Pratt, June. 

Rufus Ramsdell and Olive Bailey of Greene, October. 

Myrick Welch and Fanny Freeman, September. 

Joshua House and Mrs. Lydia Bishop, November. 

Amnii Woodman and Hannah Lane of Fayette, December. 

David Wheeler, Jr., and Betsey Mitchell of Vienna. 

1828. 

James Keenan of Monmouth and Lovina Howe, March. 
Charles Haws of Monmouth and Roxanna Turner, June. 
Greenfield Rose of Greene and Roxanna Southard. 
Rowland B. Howard and Eliza Otis, February. 
Warren Howard and Mrs. Rhoda Howard, February. 
William B. Davis and Weltha Dyer. 
Davis Lane and Harriet Hayward of Readfield, April. 
Benjamin Richmond of Greene and Mary Bailey, March. 
Alpheus Lane of Wayne and Betsey Stinchfield. 
Joseph Graves of Sebec and Anna Collier, May. 
Joseph Frost and Mary Carver. 

Joseph Mitchell and Hannah Foster of Topsham, May. 
Joseph Scammon of Sangerville and jMrs. Esther Foss, June. 
Jonas P. Lee and Anna Otis, July. 

Neazer Dailey, Jr., of Livermore and Sally Pratt, July. 
John Gould, 2d, and Mrs. Ann Foss. 
Nathaniel Daggett and Desire Fish, September. 
James Bishop and Jane Howe. 

Jesse Wadsworth of Livermore and Phebe Additon, Sep- 
tember. 

George Gould and Hannah Lothrop. 

1829. 

Isaac D. Drake of Minot and Sally Woodman, January. 
Columbus Jennings and Mary Sumner of Greene, January. 
Dr. Cyrus Knapp of Winthrop and Susan C. Francis, January. 
Ezra W. Fish and Sarah Mason. January. 
Daniel Grossman of Greene and Mrs. Nancy Dennison, Feb- 
ruary. 

Nelson Gilbert and Rebecca Sampson, April. 



334 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Isaiah Beals and Lucy Bailey, October. 
Ezra Berry and Rachel Nichols, June. 
John Higgins of Starks and Rachel Foss, June. 
Archibald Leavitt of Turner and Polly Deane, May. 
Azel Woodman and Sarah xA.nn Merrill of Minot, June. 
David Sturtivant and Betsey Burnham. 
Seth Fish and Rosilla Leadbetter. 
Howard Lindsey and Caroline Lindsey, October. 
Daniel Robbins, Jr., and Mercy Mason. 
Calvin Fish and Cynthia Fish, November. 
Amos Thorns, Jr., of Standish and Betsey Boothby, Novem- 
ber. 

Levi Dunham and Hannah Mitchell, December. 
Lewis Soule and Mary Roberts of Wayne, December. 
Amos Phillips and Naomi Brown, December. 

1830. 

Silas Coburn of Greene and Drusilla Caswell, January. 
Salmon Cary and Ann Furner, March. 
Isaac Boothby, Jr., and Jane Graves, April. 
Benjamin Franklin Howard and Philena Gould. 
Hirah Fish and Olive Leach, June. 
Isaac Jennings and Lucy Stevens of Greene, June. 
Eleazer Carver and Persis Lindsey, July. 
Arunta Wheeler and Sally Berry of Vienna. 
Edward Lucas of Dexter and Betsey Beals. October. 
Job Caswell and Elvira Sprague of Greene. 

1831. 

Allen Freeman and Jane Leadbetter of Greene, February. 
Seth Millett and Almira Foss. 
Wheaton Bates and Lydia S. Bates, February. 
Robert Elms and Mary Bailey of Greene, February. 
Ebenezer Cobb of Livermore and Isabella Millett, March. 
Samuel Boothby and Sally Leadbetter, April. 
Isaac Leadbetter and Almira Sampson, April. 
.Ebenezer Wheeler and Agnes Beals of Scarborough. 
John Stanley of Winthrop and Allura Foss. 
Jacob Wheeler and Cordelia Day, June. 
Francis George and Freelove Howe, July 4. 
Spencer Trask and Hannah Carpenter. 

William H. Jones of Bridgton and Mary Sampson, September. 
Daniel Hinkley and Mehitable Sumner. September. 
Alexander Day and Nancy Maloon, September. 
Cyrus Leavitt, Jr.. Turner and Saphrona Sylvester, Septem- 
ber. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 335 

Jarvus Frizell of Wayne and Eunice Robbins. 
Charles Gott of Wayne and Jane Foss, October. 
Franklin B. Leonard and Almira Benson of Bridgewater, 
Mass., October. 

Daniel Irish of Buckfield and Hannah Foster. 
Sullivan Lothrop and Abigail V. Jennings. 

1832. 

Oscar D. Turner and Rosilla A. Howard. January. 

Mica j ah Dunham and Salome Lincoln, February. 

William Turner and Elvira Bradford of Turner, March. 

Abiel D. Morton and Eliza B. Davis of Sidney, March. 

Jeremiah Curtis and Christina Berry, March. 

Daniel Randall of Fayette and Eliza Ann Burgess. 

Charles Elms and Nancy Mower of Greene, March. 

Dr. Horace A. Barrows and Irene Bearce of Hebron, March. 

George W. George and Mary Ann Gilbert, March. 

LTriah Foss and ^Iary Leadbetter, March. 

Elliot S. Lamb and Julia Ann Stanley. 

John A. True of Livermore and Martha Parcher, June. 

George Lothrop and Mrs. Ruby Blaisdell, July. 

Ansel Turner and Matilda Francis, August. 

George Beals and Almira Luce of New Vineyard, Septem- 
ber. 

Peltiah Knapp and Mary Rann of Livermore, August. 

Levi Key of Greene and Sally Morse, October. 

Rufus Ramsdell and Hannah Draper of Livermore, Decem- 
ber. 

Samuel Erskine of Bristol and Mary Cushman, December. 

John L. Hoit of Monmouth and Sarah K. Fales, December. 

James Lamb and Olive Jennings, December. 

Stillman L. Howard and Julia Ann Turner, March. 

1833. 
Sans Bailey and Nancy Mayhew of Foxcroft, January. 
Marcus Caswell and Anna K. Sampson, February. 
Seth Millett and Eliza Leadbetter, February. 
Thomas Day of Westley and Sobrina Leathers. 
William P. Millett and "Charlotte Lamb, March. 
James W. L. Mitchell and Rebecca D. Foster. 
Samuel Francis and Sally True of Livermore. 
Elias Lane and Mrs. Abi Brown, June. 
Daniel L. Jones of Brighton and Semyntha Lane. 
Anson Gott and Eunice Merrill of Livermore, July. 
W^elcome Beals of Turner and Octavia Gould. August 
Joseph Elms and Rebecca Leathers, August. 



2,3^ HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Joshua S. Turner and Betsey Lothrop, September. 

John Fabian, Jr., and Juha AI. Jackson, October. 

Cypren S. Howe and Mary B. Graffam. 

Giddings Lane and Cassandra Benson of Bridgewater, Mass., 
November. 

George K. Stinchfield and Jane Libby, December. 

Warren Foster and Arvilia Gilbert, December. 

Alonzo Sylvester and Rhoda W. Caswell of Turner, Decem- 
ber. 

Ebenezer True of Turner and Olive Parcher, December. 

Almond Curtis and Charlotte Alitchell, Vienna, December. 

William Irish of Sumner and Aurelia Foster, February. 

1834. 
Ira Sampson and Patience Fish, February. 
Calvin Briggs of Greene and Lydia Pettingill, March, 
Wheaton Bates and Eleanor Elms, February. 
Barnabas Howard, Jr., and Eunice Gould. 
Jonathan Jewell of Bangor and Susan Lane, May. 
Foster D. Wentworth and Aurelia Rose, June. 
Phillips Turner and ^Nlary L. Howard, July. 
John Berry of Vienna and Rebecca Wheeler, September. 
Isaac Stinchfield and Abigail Knapp, September. 
Moses Harris of Greene and Joanna Coffin, September. 
John Berry of Greene and Sarah Ramsdell, October. 
Calvin Lane and Dulcena Lothrop. November. 
William A. Gould and Mary Jane Elden of Buxton, October. 
Charles Berry and Eunice Libby, November. 
Caleb R. Sumner and Sophia Curtis, December. 
Seth Rose and Caroline Rose, December. 

1835. 

Christopher G. Foss of Bangor and Olive Lothrop, January. 
Moses Basford of Livermore and Lydia S. Lothrop, January. 
George Lothrop and Huldah A. Gilmore, March. 
Amos Thoms and Phebe Lamb of Standish, March. 
George Harmon and Jedida Foss, May. 
Peleg B. Caswell and Alary Q. Robbins of Greene, May. 
Ebenezer Hodgdon of Turner and Mrs. Desire Daggett, 
August. 

Jeremiah Mountford of Monmouth and Deborah Shaw. 
William Boothby and Caroline Pinkham of Wayne. 
Dodivah Ham of Monmouth and Ann H. Turner, October. 
Abiah Day and Gracia L. Curtis, August. 
Lewis P. True of Bangor and Jemima L. Foss, August. 
Josiah Skillin of Albion and Orilla Sylvester. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 337 

Joshua Alillett and Sophronia Howard of Bridgewater, Mass. 

Alexander Erskine, Jr., of Bristol and Adaline Cushman, 
October. 

Joseph Bates and Lovina Cannon. 

Jonathan Thompson of Monmouth and Louisa C. Turner, 
October. 

Cyrus B. Felch of Lisbon and Melvina J. Turner, November. 

Freemon Coburn of Greene and Hannah T. Sumner, Novem- 
ber. 

William G. Turner and Ann C. Robb, November. 

David H. Millett of Turner and Levana True, December. 

B>ancis D. Millett and Elethere True, December. 

1836. 

Sanford Gilbert and Adeline Day, January. 

Joshua Fabyens and Mary Ham of Monmouth, January. 

Francis George and Tabiiha Besse of Wayne, January. 

Ralph Ames of Canton and Elizabeth Phelps, January. 

Jethro Sprague of Phippsburg and Mrs. Hannah Leathers, 
February. 

Veranus Lothrop and Esther Lane, March. 

Benjamin R. Deane and Betsey Alden of Turner, August. 

Francis L. Safford of Turner and Polly F. Millett, Septem- 
ber. 

Noah P. Durrell and Lieurana Rose. 

James Clark of Wales and Irena Pettingill, December. 

William C. Gordon and Diana Smith of Livermore, Decem- 
ber. 

Daniel B. Larral)ee and Sophrona Larrabee of Parkman, 
November. 

Benjamin Dunham and Lucinda Day, December. 

1837- 

Warren Fish and Irena Andrews of Turner, February. 
Enoch Fish and Eliza Kimball of Turner, Feb. 12. 
Dennis R. Gilbert and Mehitable Foster, April. 
Reed B. Wheeler and Sally B. Parcher, April 8. 
Amos Bishop and Eliza Ann Burgess, April. 
Elisha D. Gould and Susan E. Gould, July 4. 
Abner Burnham and Rhoda Holloway, July. 
Alvin Foss and Cornelia B. Howard, July 30. 
John L. Perry of Turner and Almedia Sampson, August. 
Seth Rose, Jr., and Anna Brown, August. 
Ebenezer Mason and Mrs. Hannah Norris of Livermore, 
Aug. 26. 

Enos Brown and Clarissa Augusta Gilbert of Turner. 
22 



33^ HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Joseph Turner and IMrs. Esther Scammon of Bloomfield, 
Oct. 2^. 

Wilham Ham of Alonmouth and Polly Turner, October. 
Caleb S. Gilbert and Louisa Torsey of Winthrop, November. 
Josiah Day, 2d, and Anna Ricker of Greene, November. 
Job D. Shepherd of Fairfield and Ann Wing. 
Seth Millett and Lucy S. Cobb, November. 

1838. 

William G. Turner and ^lary S. Loring, Jan. 14. 

William P. Millett and Augusta Rose, Jan. 14. 

Henry A. Torsey of \\'inthrop and Judith B. Day, Feb. 3. 

John Merrill of Durham and Rachel M. Morse, Jan. 21. 

Orlando F. D. Blake of Monmouth and Marv Pettingill, 
Feb. 6. 

David S. Hardy of Wilton and Susan B. Daggett, Feb. 5. 

William Moulton and Mrs. Betsey Walker of Wilton, 
March 10. 

David Basford and Elizabeth Coffin, March 19. 

Ebenezer Mann, Jr., and Lucitta Keen of Greene, March 26. 

Harrison Gould and Nancy Lane, March 26. 

Edward T. Gilbert and Deborah Turner, April 2. 

Leonard Foster and Rizilla A. Williams of Turner, April 18. 

Samuel Leadbetter, Jr., and Calista Knapp, May 6. 

Loring Foss and Jane Gott of Wayne, May 6. 

Charles Gordon and Florinda Churchill of Monmouth, Alay 
14. 

Francis Millett and Sarah E. Noyes of Abington, Mass., 
June 24. 

Horace Gould of Winthrop and Susan Lane, June 6. 

Peltiah Libby and Betsey Carver, June 17. 

Thomas Day and Mary P. Hilman, Aug. 29. 

Jason Carver and ]\Iary Libby, Sept. 2. 

Charles Walton of Chesterville and Rosannah Leadbetter, 
Nov. 10. 

Stephen W. Sylvester of Greene and Hannah Leadbetter, 
Nov. 14. 

Isaac Plummer of Wales and Lois Freeman, Dec. 27. 

1839. 

James Stinchfield, Jr., and Clarissa S. Gould, Jan. 20. 
John F. Gilmore and Bets} Cushman. Feb. 25. 
Harrison Piper of Portland and Cynthia Turner, March 17. 
Stephen Boothbv and Hannah H. Page of Belgrade, March 
18. 

Rev. Wilson C. Rider and Catherine Millett, Mav 20. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 339 

John R. Yale and Almeda Owen,, June 15. 

John S. Loring- and Lydia Turner, Aug 18. 

John Gould and Mrs. Charlotte Swift of Milton, Mass., 

^'^Stephen Libby and Mary Ann Stinchfield, Sept 29. 

Tames L House and Esther Lovejoy of Fayette Sept. 21 
Leonard M Fish and Catherine Gray of Embden, Dec. 14. 
Ee^zer Carver, 3^, and Sarah A. Gray of Embden. Dec 4. 

Matthias Hanscom of Monmouth and f °^^^^^f ^^^^^f' ^^/ Vec 
George W. George and Clarissa Leighton of Hartford. Dec. 

^"^ Isaac Cushman and Dorcas H. Loring of Pownal, Dec. 23. 

1840. 
Llovd Gould and Lydia Arvilia Hmvard, Feb. 14^ 
Peter Lane, Jr., and Lucretia P Howard Jan. 28. 
Barnabas Davee and Alice Stmchfield, Feb. O 
George Curtis and Nancy E. Rowe of New Gloucester, 

^ Russell Lamb and Aphia Gould, March 2 

Ruo-o-les Sylvester and Harriet N. Howard Maich 2. 
LamielH. Cumner and Olive C. Ivnapp March 22. 
William H. Foster and Harriet L Curtis, March 21^ 
Solomon L. Lothrop and Hannah Turner, April 20 
Zenas Rogers of Hanover, Mass., and Ruth C. Sumner, 

"^"^masa H Phillips and Susan ^lorse of Livermore. Sept. 12. 

Tesse Mitchell and Alvira Knapp, Sept. 12. 

Samuel Briggs of Minot and Drusilla L. Turner Aug. 27. 

GrTenwood^C. Gordon and Hannah Stinchfield, Sept. 4. 

Tames B Willev and Clarissa Lamb, Sept. 23- 
• {vmian. Carver, Jr., and Celia Cobb of Turner, Sept. 26. 

Tames Tones of Turner and Almedia Owen, Oct 24. 

Be'iah Taylor of Farmington and Sarah Foss, Dec. 20. 

1841. 
Elbridge G. Rose of Greene and Almedia Jane Brown, Jan. 18. 
Obadirh Millett and Eliza Safford of T-ner. March ^. 
Nathan Timberlake of Livermore and Adeha ^IiHett, March 

^^' Tosiah Moulton and Sarah Brown of Mercer, May i. 

Daniel Foss and Nancv F. Moulton of Wavne, May m. 
BrXirv Svlvester and Lydia A. Bean of Wayne, June 23. 
Ebenezer Cushman of Paris and Celia Sampson, Aug. 13. 
Loren Parcher and Hannah G. Hunton of Livermore, July 25. 
Wilson Gilbert and Catharine Day. Nov. i. 



340 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Uriah Libby and Betsey Hallowell, Nov. 25. 
Samuel P. True and Ruth Carver. Nov. 26. 
John S. Loring and Joanna Wing, Nov. 30. 

1842. 

George Whitney and Phabe Jennings, Jan. i. 
Melvin Berry and Amanda F. Turner, March 7. 
Levi Foss and Emehne Leadbetter, April 9. 
Elias L. Lothrop and Jane L. Morse, April 24. 
Alson Lothrop of Jay and Orissa Lothrop, June 12. 
Zopher D. Ramsdell and Almeda Alden, July 3. 
James Cofifin, Jr., and Nancy Bradford of Farmington^ 
Aug. 7. 

W^arren Mower of Greene and Louisa Jane Gilmore, Sept. 4. 

James G. Lindsey and Ann Graffam, Sept. 11. 

Stephen Safiford of Turner and Lydia Millett, Sept. 25. 

Charles Gott and Annie Wood of Norridgewock, Oct. 9. 

Reuben H. Webster and Rozilla H. Morse, Oct. 16. 

David L. Page of Belgrade and Aurelia Parcher, Oct. 16. 

Samuel Boothby of Livermore and Fanny G. Foss, Oct. 23. 

Egbert Griswold and Eliza H. Wentworth of Webster, Oct. 

30- 

John Keen of Turner auil Lydia P. L. Mitchell, Nov. 9. 

Peltiah Gould. Jr., and Rossa H. Leadbetter of Wayne, 
Nov. 20. 

Washington Hanscome of Monmouth and Betsey E. Day, 
Nov. 29. 

John Dunham of Wales and Sarah Arno, Dec. 5. 

John N. Gilbert and Silence H. Keen, Dec. 12. 

Arvida B. Pettingill and Alvira Ann Sumner, Dec. 18. 

1843. 

Alpheu*^ Foss and Abigail J. Hall of Boston, Mass., Jan. 22. 

Alvin Lane and Mrs. Hannah L. Dunham, Jan. 29. 

Nathaniel Moulton of New Bedford, Mass., and Elvira J. 
Deane, March 19. 

Alanson W. Daggett and Ruth B.Taylor, March 19. 

Elbridge G. Knowlton of Nobleborough and Mary Ann Car- 
ver, April 8. 

Joseph R. Gilbert and Mary Ann Crummett, April 30. 

Rev. Samuel H. Leighton and Fidelia Williams of Easton. 
Mass., April 30. 

Samuel Fuller, Jr., of Livermore and Louisa Carver, April 23. 

Melvin H. Carver and Phelje C. Drake of Lowell, Mass., 
June 4. 

Thaddeus R. Foss of Winthrop and Clarissa J. Sturtivant,. 
June 4. 



HISTuRY OF LEEDS 34I 

John Pettingill and Maria Arno, June 25. 

Ebenezer Stinchfield, Jr., and Hannah Lincohi, Aug. 27. 

Niah Hinkley of Lisbon and Clarissa Day, Oct. 21. 

Aranda Gilbert and Diana T. Wing, Nov. 12. 

Thomas S. Carver and Elizabeth Nichols, Nov. 25. 

John Millett and Mrs. Belsey Daily of Livermore, Dec. 31. 

Atwood B. Bumpus of Hebron and Betsey F. Millett, Dec. 13. 

1844. 

Archibald L. Knapp and Jane White of Dixfield, Feb. 20, 
Loring Foster and Ellen Crummett of Lowell, Mass., April 9. 
Ormand T. Wing and Octavia Ann Brewster, April 13. , 
Stephen R. Deane and Alvira Pratt, April 28. 
Phillips Pettingill and Mrs. Joan Harris, May iS. 
Joseph Frost and Florentine Rose, June 9. 
William H. Hallowell and Eliza Ann Fish, July 21. 
Major John Carver and Mrs. Martha Smith, July 21. 
Daniel Moulton of Chesterville and Mary Day, Aug. ii. 
Jonathan Sturgis of Vassalboro and Mrs. Polly Foss, Aug. ii. 
John Coffin and Lois Townsend of Auburn, Sept. 3. 
Joseph R. Curtis and Louisa J. Sumner, Sept. 15. 

1845. 

Cyrenus Pettingill and Amy Bates, Jan. 10. 

Daniel Moulton and Mary Day, March 31. 

Jason Pettingill and Lucetta Gordon of Wayne, March 31. 

Aruna Beals and Mary Coffin, April 20. 

Benjamin Grant, Jr., and Columbia Phillips, April 20. 

Jeremiah Day, Jr., and Betsey Libby, June 15. 

Nathan Coffin and Aurelia Gott of Wayne, Sept. 14. 

Moses Marshall of Fayette and Hannah Amanda Foster, 
Sept. 29. 

Bemis Lamb and Eunice F. Lane, Oct. 19. 

Asa Libby and Joanna D. Fish, Nov. 16. 

Charles B. Collier and Clara Mitchell, Nov. 16. 

Oliver Fabyan and Susan Tucker of North Conway, N. H., 
Nov. 25. 

Leonard Ouimby of Turner and Dorcas L. Turner, Dec. 7. 

Samuel M. Parcher and Ann B. Day, Dec. 21. 

Charles A. Thomes and Abigail C. Mitchell of Lowell, Mass., 
Dec. 28. 

Amos Thomes and Rosalinda Sylvester, Dec. 28. 

1846. 

George W. Treat of Canton and Bethia Carver, Jan. 24. 
Joseph M. Niles of Lisbon and Nancy Trask, Feb. I. 
James Peare of Turner and Betsey F. Cole, Feb. 15. 



342 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Gustavus Gilbert and Hannah L. Ballon of Turner, March 8, 

Levi C. Littlefield of Turner and Sarah H. Grant, April 5, 

Josiah Day, Esq., and Airs. Judith Dwinal, May 12. 

Leonard Rose and Mrs. Eliza Turner, May 16. 

Morgan Brewster, Jr., and Susan Robinson of Greene, Sept. 
20. 

Sanuiel Crummett and Mrs. Melinda Jordan of Monmouth, 
Sept. 2y. 

Isaac Howe and Roxanna Fish, Oct. 4. 

James D. Gilbert, Jr., of Turner and Adeline Curtis, Nov. 11. 

Luther B. Gilbert of Greene and Penelope Rose, Nov. i. 

William G. Knapp and Cynthia Ripley, Nov. 8. 

Josiah F. Bradbury of Auburn and Mrs. Druzilla L. Berry, 
Nov. 22. 

Davis F. Lothrop and Caroline S. Morse, Nov. 22. 

1847. 

Benjamin R. Woodsom and Pamelia W. Leadbetter, Jan. 17. 

Isaac S. Daly of Livermore and Augusta Carver, Jan. 17. 

Daniel Grossman, Jr., of Greene and Harriet Amanda Gil- 
bert, Feb. 7. 

Greenlief N. Keen and i^ngeline Andrews of Minot, March 8. 

Samuel Richards and Parutha Henderson, April 4. 

Nicholar Loring and Phebe Millett, April 4. 

Joseph Films and Ann Griffith of Livermore. April 23. 

Jonas H. Torsey of Winthrop and Druzilla Gilbert, May 2. 

Everett H. Bridgham and Sally Ann Worthing of China, 
July 2. 

Ormand Carey and Almira Jane Jennings, August i. 

Perez Loring and Nancy Barton of Poland, Aug. 8. 

James M. Moulton of Wayne and Novella Lindsey, Aug. 22. 

Stephen W. Grant and Columbia Fish, Sept. 19. 

John H. Otis and Helen M. Worthing of China, Sept. 26. 

Harrison Gould and Sarah Stinchfield, Oct. 11. 

Oliver P. Frost and Susan Stevens of Greene, Oct. 17. 

Asa Knapp and Mrs. Sarah Thompson of Kingfield, Nov. 28. 

Charles Peare of Turner and Martha E. Grant, Dec. 5. 

1848. 

Davis Francis and Rosamond Lane, Jan. 3. 

Augustus L. Foss and Caroline E. Lothrop, Jan. 16, 

Alphonso P. Richmond of Turner and Roxanna Owen, Feb. 
14. 

Russell Carver and Elsie Ann Banks of Saco, Feb. 26. 

Samuel Hanson of Mount Vernon and Harriet A. Bates^ 
April 2. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 343, 

Thomas S. Harlow of Canton and Jannett Carver, May 7. 

Charles Jones of Liverniore and Elizabeth M. Jones, May 21. 

Calvin Campbell of Jay and Jane Carver, May 21. 

Andrew Alason of Augusta and Hannah A. More, June 11. 

Eliab Sturtevant of Charlestown, ]\lass., and Lorania Parcher,. 
June 29. 

Samuel P. Torsey of Winthrop and Clarissa A. C. Morse» 
Aug. 19. 

Lloyd Carver and Sarah Edgcombe of Livermore, Oct. i. 

Isaac T. Boothby and Louisa AL Spear of Standish, Oct. 9. 

Daniel A. Lane of Alanchester, Conn., and Pamelia Jennings, 
Oct. 9. 

Joshua Lothrop and Mary Jane Campbell, Nov. 5. 

Elbridge Francis of Turner and Cynthia D. Millett, Dec. 31. 

Samuel J. Bonney of Winthrop and AUura L. Larrabee, Dec. 



31- 



Joshua H. Sumner and Clorinda x\nn Maloon, Dec. 31. 



1849. 

Jason P. Fogg of Monmouth and Hannah J. Libl\v, April 22.. 
Silas Fish and Susan D. Millett, May 19. 
William F>. Curtis, 2d, ami Augusta W. Sumner, June 19. 
Job C. Dennen of Greene and Martha J. Brewster, July i. 
Oakes A. Jennings and Martha M. Stetson of Nobleboro, 
Aug. 12. 

John R. Libby of Monmouth and Evaline Keene, Aug. 19. 
Samuel M. Parcher of Winthrop and Clarissa Day, Sept. 30. 
Seth Howard and Amanda Additon, Oct. 28. 
Ansel Curtis and Minerva L. White, Nov. 11. 
Caleb H. Rose and Mary A. Page, Nov. 11. 

1850. 

Phineas Neal of Fayette and Amanda A. Carver, Feb. 17. 

Lewis Churchill and Ruth Pettingill, Feb. 17. 

John Packard, Jr., of Dover and Elizabeth Knapp, March 3. 

Joshua Elder of Lewiston and Araminta Pettingill, Feb. 24. 

Cyrus Alden of Auburn and Mrs. Charlotte Lane, March 10. 

Abnef P. Campbell of Bowdoinham and Olive S. Curtis,, 
March 12. 

Nemiah B. Bicknell of Boston, Mass., and Sarah Millett,. 
April 15. 

Lucius Andrews of Livermore and Sarah Moulton, April 21. 

Ward H. Jennings and Almira Parcher, May 5. 

Leonard C. Lothrop and Sarah L. Judkins of Fayette, April 
28. 

Henry C. Millett and Olive B. Rose, May 5. 



344 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Hartley Gray of Embden and Lovina Fish, July 21. 
Charles Owen and Martha A. Adams of Litchfield, Aug. 12. 
Azel Burnham and Rosannah Sturtevant, Aug. 12. 
Benjamin F. Lane and Harriet Herrick. entered Sept. 8. 
Gustavus A. Jennings and Elvira A. Jennings, Sept. 28. 
Josiah L. F. Grant and Rebecca Rose, Sept. 29. 
John H. Hanscom and Marinda J. Gilbert, Dec. 22. 

1851. 

John Keene, Jr., and Orrilla J. Ellms, Feb. 17. 

Benjamin F. Howard and Fannie C. Gould, March 16. 

Orison Leadbetter and Lucy L. Dunham, March 23. 

Charles Towle of Gardiner and Eliza Carver, March 23. 

Edmond S. Deane of Buckfield and Hannah S. Brown, 
March 2;^^. 

Valentine R. Bridgham and Mehitable C. Josselyn, March 23. 

John F. Gray of Greene and Zilpha A. Rose, May 6. 

Abner Curtis, Jr., and Mary H. Curtis, June 9. 

William Frost and Elizabeth Lothrop, Aug. 3. 

Granville Richmond and Eliza E. Owen, Sept. 21. 

Joseph P. Johnson of Monmouth and Aurelia A. Stetson, 
Sept. 28. 

Charles Brown of Carroll and Lydia Turner, Oct. 5. 

Lorenzo P. Stetson of Greene and Lucy S. Bates, Nov. 2. 

Nelson Rose and Emeline B. Proctor of Canton, Nov. 23. 

1852. 

Emery Foss of Wayne and Sarah E. Foss, Feb. 15. 

George Bishop and Susan Lowell of Monmouth, Feb. 29. 

Charles C. Sylvester and Hannah Sylvester, March 14. 

Orson Lane and Susan E. Boothby. March 21. 

Francis D. Millett and Lucina Phillips of Auburn, March 28. 

Isaiah B. Additon and Eliza A. Jennings. April 25. 

Jeremiah Sylvester and Rachel Brown, entered April 25. 

Freedom W. Gould and Adelia Perley of Livermore, May 15- 

Benjamin Turner and Harriet H. Lane, entered June 5. 

Horace Herrick and Sophronia L. Palmer, entered June 24. 

George B. Greenwood of Monmouth and Sarah F. Gould, 
entered Aug. 28. 

Albert W. Sumner and Lucy A. Robbins, entered Sept. 13. 

Arza G. Lothrop and Martha J. Ramsdell. entered Oct. 10. 

Jessie R. Hall of Brunswick and Judith L. Gilbert, entered 
Nov. I. 

Jonathan Moulton of Wayne and Lucy M. Foss, entered 
Dec. 4. 

Sylvanus Hammon of Greene and Sophrona Beals, entered 
Dec. 31. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 345 

1853- 

John Lewis of Paris and Penelope Rose, entered March 27. 

Isaac Cushman and AngeHne Harvey of Winthrop, entered 
March 28. 

Dana Goft" of Auburn and Orintha H. Foss, entered June 3. 

Melville C. Mower of Greene and Hannah L. Jennings, 
entered May 28. 

Samuel P. True and Susan W. Stinchfield, entered June 29. 

David S. Wilson of Hillsboro, N. H. and Laverna C. Thomas, 
entered Aug. 29. 

Aruna B. Beals and Nancy E. Ridley of Jay, entered Aug. 30. 

John D. Millett and Augusta Millett, entered Sept. 17. 

Judson A. Lane and Ann H. Foss, entered Sept. 18. 

Amos H. Woodward of Lowell, Mass., and Eunice F. Foss, 
entered Oct. 2. 

Granville C. Carver and Margaret S. Moses of Standish, 
entered Oct. 8. 

Ebenezer Stinchfield and Diodama Larrabee, entered Oct. 8. 

1854- 

William C. Lincoln and Mahala Bishop, Feb. 4. 

Josiah C. Hammon of Greene and Ann M. Howe, Feb. 14. 

Gilman Moulton and Mrs. Jane Carey, March 21. 

James B. Walker of Turner and Prudence Dillingham, March 
18. 

Benjamin Swain of Wayne and Hannah W. Stinchfield, April 
20. 

Rev. Joseph Crehore of Bath and Ellen L. Mitchell, May 17. 

Sumner Bailey of Turner and Sophrona Sylvester, June 5. 

Calvin M. Rose and Annorille Proctor of Canton, July 18. 

Charles S. Knapp and V'esta A. Sole, Oct. 2. 

Charles W. Prescott of Monmouth and Elmira Mountford, 
Oct. 25. 

Charles H. Lane and Sarah Turner, Nov. 12. 

Patrick Maney and Mary Powers, Nov. 17. 

John Turner and Elizabeth B. Manwell, Nov. 22. 

Thomas C. Foss and Elizabeth L. Cobb, Dec. 12. 

I855-- 
Leonard G. Sampson and Martha J. Hodgdon, Jan. 9. 
Charles White and Adeline Bradford of Turner, Feb. 24. 
Samuel Leadbetter and Mrs. Aurelia Bridgham, March 18. 
Andrew J. Hinkley of Monmouth and Mary A. Newton, 
April 13. 

Zopher Deane and Susannah Burnham, May 4. 
Rowland A. Gilmore and Cynthia L. Lothrop, May 12. 



346 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Robert F. Wheeler and Rhoda E. Beals, July 28. 
Isaiah Gifford of Albion and Cynthia W. Turner, Aug. 6. 
Nathaniel Harris of Greene and Lydia Jane Curtis, Aug. 19, 
Isaac A. Strout of Wales and Betsey A. Rose, Sept. 10. 
Isaiah B. Keen and Eliza Jane Skillings of Strong, Sept. 23. 
Sylvanus C. Merrill and Rosina Manwell, Oct. 14. 
John Carver, 2d, and Mary Ann Packard, Oct. 19. 
Isaac Ridley and Marva Keen of Palmyra, Oct. 20. 
John Y. Merrill and Nancy Manwell, Oct. 28. 
William H. Pluskins and Sarah T. Pearl of Mt. Vernon, Dec- 
19. 

Charles C. Lane and Mary J. Lothrop, Dec. 24. 
James Carver and Mary Fish, Dec. 31. 

1856. 

Roscoe G. Lindsey and Eliza Ann Berry, Jan. 16. 

Sewall Stinchfield and Hannah E. Raymond of Wayne, Jan. 
22. 

William Wing and Francis A. Bates, Jan. 22. 

Josiah Turner and Hannah E. Dunham, March i. 

David Grant and Tabitha R. ]\Iitchell, March 26. 

Amasa Wheeler and Rosme Harris, May 13. 

Moses H. Mitchell (of Letter E) and Jane P. Knapp, June 3. 

Horatio L. Williams and Betsey Boothby, June 4. 

Benjamin Pearson of Abington, Mass., and Mary L. 
Hutchins, Sept. 5. 

Sewall A. Allen of Greene and Lovisa Additon, Sept. 20. 

Sturges N. Jennings and Martha A. Turner, Sept. 21. 

John P. Hodsdon of Jay and Laura A. Curtis, Nov. 16. 

Cylenus H. Bates and Mary H. Sturtevant of Monmouth, 
Dec. 17. 

John C. Hammon of Livermore and Mary Bates, Dec. 28. 

1857. 

Benjamin F. Lewis of Paris and Nancy G. Rose, Jan. 14. 

Jabez B. Gould of Monmouth and Olive E. Bates, April 20. 

Rollin F. Jennings and Harriet S. Frost, April 22. 

Rodolphus Jennings and Lenora M. Hosley, April 30. 

John F. Jennings and Eliza A. Additon, April 30. 

Ebenezer Stinchfield arid Clarissa Judkins of East Livermore, 
May 26. 

John Burnham, Jr., and Hannah Sturtevant, certified July 16. 

Oren S. Bates and Tiley Lindsey, certified Aug. 15. 

Salmon Brewster and Mrs. Laverna C. Gilmore of Wayne,- 
certified Aug. 30. 

Job C. Dennen and Harriet L. Berry, certified Sept. 19. 



HLSTORY OF LEEDS 347 

Russell S. Linscott of Boston, Mass., and Dorcas Ellen Foss, 
Oct. 25. 

James A. Berry of Fayette and B. Jane Wheeler, Dec. 19. 

1858. 

Stephen Jones of Turner and Mrs. Celia Cushman, Feb. i. 

Thomas J. Additon and Rozilla Smart of Parkman, May 30. 

John H. Johnson of Monmouth and Deborah J. Maloon 
June 5. 

Oliver S. Gilbert and Lucia H. Turner, June 14. 

John H. Bates and Jane B. Cook, June 17. 

William A. Burnham and Lucinda A. Sturtevant, June 17. 

John C. Keene and Josephine Gilbert, Sept. 12, 

Edwin S. French of Turner and Lydia W. Leonard, Sept. 18. 

George B. Lane and Viola A. Ramsdell, Oct. 24. 

David E. Trask and Mary J. Bishop, Nov. 3. 

Chessman Curtis and Prudence E. R. Gooch, Nov. 6. 

John Burnham and Sarah Magna, Nov. 13. 

Isaac H. Bean of Norridgewock and Rebecca Wheeler, 
Dec. 20. 

William H. Francis and Ziporah Perley of Livermore, 
Dec. 25. 

1859. 

Adoniram J. Foss and Theressa M. Howard, Jan. 24. 

Thornton Lyford of Boston and Emily Woodman, Jan. 31. 

Barnabas Davee and Hannah L. Knapp, Feb. 16. 

David R. Berry and Rhoda A. Knapp, Feb. 27. 

Franklin S. Francis and Charlotte Millett, March 2. 

Stephen R. Deane and Victoria H. Turner, April 2. 

Ensign Otis and Laura B. Howard, April 30. 

Abisha Sturtevant and Phebe Bates. 

Robert S. Thomas of Greene and Helen A. Ballou, July 27. 

Henry M. Brewster and Angela Bishop. Aug. 27. 

Aaron Mower of Greene and Anna A. Rackley, Sept. 15. 

George Burnham and Sophrona Sturtevant of Wayne,. 
Sept. 7. 

Amos Stetson of Wayne and Priscilla H. Smith, Sept. 17. 

William J. Warren of Boston and Anna C. Turner, Sept. 24. 

Wesley D. Wheeler and Dora H. Wardwell of Greene, Oct. 25. 

Jeremiah P. H. Sullivan of Winthrop and Esther A. Carver, 
Nov. 4. 

Orson Lane and Viora G. Boothby of Lewiston, Dec. 17. 

Giddings L. Foss of Farmington and Cordelia Gould, Dec. 31. 



34^ HISTORY OF LEEDS 

i860. 

Willard Lothrop and Emeline L. Boothby, Jan. 10. 

John Beals and Mary H. Wilber of East Livermore, Jan. 26. 

Alanson Rose of Greene and Mary G. Rose, Feb. 3. 

Cyrus H. Tobin and EHzabeth A. Wigglesworth, Feb. 10. 

Joel Fairbanks of Monmouth and Mrs. Achsa Ramsdell, 
Feb. 13. 

Albion K. P. Mower of Turner and Vanelia E. Sylvester, 
March 10. 

John C. Prescott of Wayne and Ellen Films, May 4. 

Nathan Bishop and Lucy D. Skillings, May 5. 

Elisha P. Ramsdell and Lucy C. Mitchell of Greene, May 6. 

Amos B. Bishop and Almira A. Wheeler, May 22. 

Gessius F. Jennings and Orra M. Foss, May 24. 

John O. Beals and Ellen J. Howe, May 30. 

John O. Palmer and Abigail R. Lane, June 2. 

Rowland B. Howard and Mary Ellen Patten of Bath, Aug. 14. 

Perry Grant and Caroline R. Millett, Oct. 15. 

George E. Fogg of Greene and C)ctavia E. Maloon, Dec. 21. 

Charles W. Stuart of Belgrade and Miranda Parcher, Dec. 22. 

1861. 

Llewellyn J. Gould and Mary Jane Millett, Jan. 5. 
Earl F. Caswell and Augusta M. Young of Belgrade, Jan. 21. 
George T. Smith of Windham and Orissa D. Lamb, Feb. 2. 
Seth Fish and Tirzah Ann Carver, Feb. 19. 
Lucius Smith of Readfield and Nancy Tobin, March 3. 
Joshua W'eymouth of Wel)ster and Orissa A. Bates, March 16. 
George H. Peare and Ann E. Blackstone of Turner, April 23. 
L. Mellen Sylvester and Saphila C. Metcalf of Hope, Aug. 10. 
Reuben Beals of Greene and Octavia F. Wheeler, Oct. 19. 
Daniel W. Stevens of Winthrop and Matilda Bates, Nov. 15. 
Rufus K. Peare and Hannah C. Maxim of Wayne, Dec. 8. 
Joseph G. Gott and Rose E. Stinchfield, Dec. 28. 

1862. 

Ward B. Howard and Hannah L. Howard, Jan. 2. 
William H. Fuller and Polly C. Keen. Jan. 15. 
James N. Atwood of Livermore and Mary E. Knight, Feb. 22. 
Benjamin F. Trask and Tabitha A. Millett, March 6. 
William Luce Beals of Wales and Elvira Wheeler, March 28. 
Wheaton Bates and Mrs. Jane Moore of Lewiston, May 9. 
William W. Edgecomb of Livermore and Rufina A. Carver, 
May 23. 

John H. Trask and Mary E. Brown of Livermore, May 31. 
Chessman D. Gould and Sarah E. Gardner, July 12. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 349' 

Rufus Trask and Mary J. Burnham, Aug. i6. 

Roscoe V. Shaw of Greene and Emma Deane, Aug. 24. 

Amos P. Grant and Almira J. Libby, Sept. 20. 

1863. 

Patrick Murray and ]\Iargaret O'Conners of Lewiston. 

Gustavus W. Lane and Helen M. Snow of Xorth Bridge- 
water, Mass., Feb. 17. 

David B. Beals and Lydia A. Howe, Feb. 28. 

Alexander ]\Iank and Roxanna Bishop, April 4. 

Eli Berry of Wayne and Esther A. Lane, April 5. 

Augustus B. Caswell of Greene and Ann N. Mann, May 30. 

Jeremiah T. Burnham and Carrie M. Hodgdon, Aug. 2. 

Hiram H. Gilman of Hallowell and Sarah J. Wheeler, 
Aug. 18. 

William B. Canwell of Franklin Pl't'n and EUura Bishop, 
Sept. 12. 

John F. Jennings and Emeline Foster, Sept. 19. 

Milton W. Burnham and Betsey M. Farrington of Fayette, 
Sept. 29. 

John R. Mitchell and Rozillah Berry of Wayne, Nov. 28. 

Joseph AL Curtis and Sarah Jane Hodsdon, Dec. 4. 

Charles Woodman and Jerusha Ann Hagden of Madison, 
Dec. 25. 

John F. Lewis and Eliza A. Verrill of Auburn, Dec. 30. 

1864. 

Wm. M. Sawyer of Stoughton, Ma'ss., and Betsey C. Bates, 
Jan. 10. 

James W. Libby and Octavia J. Berry, Jan. 19. 

Wm. B. Sumner and Julia A. Lindsey, Jan. 24. 

James E. Bates and Augusta L. Wheeler, Feb. 8. 

Stephen W. Grant and Mary A. Smith of Veazie, March 31. 

Thomas W Mower of Greene and Laura E. Blue, April 9. 

Cyrus Bishop and Fiducy A. Wellington of Livermore, 
June 4. 

John C. Stinchfield and Catherine H. Graves of Wayne, 

July 3- 

Albert Mann and Polly Fuller, Aug. 14. 

Henry T. Frost and Clementine J. Chandler of Winthrop, 
Aug. 10. 

Wm. E. Elder of Lewiston and Lydia Pettingill, Sept. 3. 

Augustus B. Jones of Lewiston and Vesta C. Wing, Dec. 30. 

William H. Foss of Wayne and Viora A. Carver, Dec. 31. 



350 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

1865. 

Levi Owen and Amanda T. Curtis, Jan. 8. 

John E. Woodman and Laura Whitamore of Fayette, Jan. 18. 

Cyrus B. Lane and Lydia A. Lothrop, Jan. 25. 

William Stout and Lucretia A. Robinson of Webster, Feb. I. 

Jerome Ridley of Wayne and Clara Knowlton, Feb. 3. 

Cyrenus Berry of Wayne and Maria P. Abbott, Feb. 10. 

Asa Libby and Adeline Skillings, Feb. 19. 

Jason AL Ridley of Wayne and Abbie L. Stinchfield, 
March 12. 

Davis Francis and Mrs. Julia Ann Fernald, April 23. 

William H. Erskins of Wayne and Lucretia Pettingill, June I. 

Lucius Clark Robbins and Sallv S. Train of Philadelphia, 
June 21. 

Ebenezer Curtis and Cordelia Briggs, July 21. 

William P. Pettingill of ]\Ionmouth and Hannah Owen, 
July 31. 

Henry A. Brown and Susan Jane Towle, Oct. 5. 

Ebenezer Wheeler and Marcia Pullen of Monmouth, Oct. 26. 

Jonathan Lovewell of Livermore and Eliza P. Gould, Nov. 12. 

Salmon C. Brewster and Henrietta Libby, Dec. 23. 

Lucius C. Dunham and Marcia E. Andrews, Dec. 26. 

1866. 

Duane S. Wing and Clara C. Howard, Jan. 5. 

Thomas B. Norris of East Livermore and Mary E. Cobb, 
Jan. 29. 

Thomas S. Rose of Greene and Hortencia W. Rose, Feb. 20. 

Everett Lindsey and Mary Jane Howard, March 11. 

Albert L. Additon of Greene and Florence A. Turner, May i. 

George E. Alinot of Belgrade and Effie C. Parcher, June 5. 

William Bodge and Josephine S. Tenny of Raymond, June 25. 

Asa L Soule of Phillips and Prudence A. Briggs, June 23. 

Charles F. Lindsey and Mrs. Mary J. Trask, July 13. 

James H. Libby of Turner and Orrah A. Millett, Aug. 2. 

Rodelphus H. Gilmore of Iowa and Rose E. Deane, Aug. 8. 

S. B. Harmon of Lewiston and Mrs. Lydia W. French, 
Aug. II. 

Orin E. Bates and Anna W^aymouth of Webster. Aug. 23. 

1867. 

Joseph H. Burnham and Rozillah Abbott, Jan. 4. 
Arcadius Pettingill and Lois J. Norris of Wayne, Jan. 12. 
John Abbott and Lucretia D. Gould of Wayne, Jan. 13. 
J. L. B. Farrington of Wilton and Orrah A. Boothby, 
Feb. 19. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 35 I 

Clabon Carter and Mary Fager, Feb. 22. 

Dexter W. True of Livermore and Celestia A. Hosley, May i. 

Wallace R. Leadbetter and Irene E. Nichols of Monmouth, 
May 10. 

Frank M. Higgins and Flora L. Lothrop, Sept. 10. 

George E. Wardwell of Greene and Elacta D. Gilbert, June 6. 

Martin M^xim and Amanda Adams of Lewiston, June 21. 

Aaron Hartt of Brookline and Helen j\I. Libby, July 14. 

Benjamin P. Win slow and Emily F. Ouimby of Greene, 
Sept. 7. ' ^ 

Stephen D. Knapp and Lizzie B. More of Livermore, Oct. 29. 

L. H. Foss and Clara O. Woodford, Nov. 9. 

Warren L. Lothrop an.d Abbie F. Knowles of Corinna, 
Nov. 23. 

Granville Richmond and Isabell W. Jones of Turner, Dec. 10. 

Charles D. White and Clara E. Palmer, Dec. 24. 

Thomas H. Boothby and Sarah C. Libby, December. 

1868. 

Hezekiah S. Gordon and Phebe J. Gordon, January. 

William R. Pettingill and Fannie P. Libby, Aug. 15. 

David Trask and Rosannah Hanscom. 

Marcellus F. Cushman and Frances M. Pettingill, Aug. 20. 

Samuel Walker of Litchfield and Mrs. Martha A. Owen, 
Sept. 12. 

Moses Fogg and Lizzie D. Williamson of Greene, Sept. 13. 

Charles A. Wing of Franklin and Sarah E. Burnham, 
Nov. 20. 

C. W. Battles and Mira B. Knapp, Nov. 16. 

Lorenzo Leadbetter and Jennie O. Hall of Turner, Nov. 22. 

Francis E. Howe of Greene and Lienor C. Pettingill, Dec. 24. 

1869. 

John F. Keith and Sarah F. Hill, Feb. 2. 

Augustus S. George and Huldah J. Sprague, Jan. 29. 

Frank G. Foss and Vesta T. Foss, Jan. 31. 

Thomas J. Hallow^ell and Eliza A. Libby, Feb. 26. 

Russell L. Gould and Ada S. Greenwood, Mar. 14. 

Almon L. Ray and Eliza J. George. Oct. 6. 

Everett Lindsay and ]\[rs. Eliza A. Lindsay of Monmouth^ 
Oct. 20. 

Rufus F. Burnham and ]Mrs. Rosialla Burnham, Nov. 2. 

George Parcher and Carrie W. Norton, Nov. 17. 

Benjamin H. Boynton of Rumford and Emma E. Libby, 
Nov. 22. 

Alonzo Davis of Gorham and Carrie A. Foster, Nov. 28. 



35- HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Hiram Q. Hammond and Rose S. Frost, Dec. 2. 

Charles W. Libby and Phoebe C. Levitt, Dec. 2. 

George T. Bishop and JuHa H. Byrom of PhilHps, Dec. 23. 

1870. 

Robert Burell and Mrs. Fannie Swinton of Auburn, Jan. 21. 
Ahuon L. Ray and EHza J. George, Jan. 25. 
John Coleman and Sarah R. Soper, April 11. 
Solomon Dyer and Julia A. Trufant, April 23. 
Levi Bates and Maria E. Cook, April 30. 
George H. Douglass of Gorham and Hattie A. Foster, May 5. 
Ebenezer Stinchfield and Almira Berry, May 13. 
Amos F. Thomes and Alary E. Soper, June 19. 
Philo C. Gilbert and Mary C. Ellenwood of Lowell, Nov. 20. 
Henry A. Libby and Carrie E. Boynton of Rumford, Dec. 5. 
Jeremiah F. Burnham and Abby P. Taylor, Dec. 17. 
A. House, Jr., Monmouth, and Mrs. Zipporah C. Gordon, 
Dec. 27. 

Benjamin Gilbert and Amanda F. Wagner, Dec. 29. 

1871. 

Charles R. Libby and Emma R. Day of Monmouth, Jan. 12. 

D. H. Dearborn of Monmouth and Lucy Robbins, March 8. 

George E. Gilbert and Amanda J. Chase of Buckfield, April 5. 

Franklin J. Lindsay and Huldah L. Richmond of Livermore, 
April 1 1. 

Melvin Berry and Kate M. Foss, April 15. 

John A. Wheeler and Helen L. Gilbert of Winthrop, April 29. 

Horatio Bradford of Pans and Laura AL Larrabee, Alay 2. 

William R. Alillett and Viora H. Gordon. May 30. 

Thomas J. Harrington and Jane A. Burnham, August i. 

George W. Wing and Sarah F. Harrington of Livermore, 
Sept. 2. 

Herbert L. Millett and Lydia A. Gordon, Sept. 2. 

George E. Watts and Hattie A. Work, Sept. 14. 

Charles L. Thomas of Greene and Mary Deane. Oct. 5. 

Columbus P. Hosley and Bessie A. Bodge, Oct. 15. 

Henry B. Greenleaf and Lourana Maguire, Oct. 24. 

Henry F. Pettingill and Adelia M. Gordon of Vienna, 
-Nov. 21. 

1872. 

Lorenzo Leadbetter and Hattie A. Foster of Wayne, Jan. 21. 
Stephen Knapp and Mrs. Abbie E. Marden, Feb. 20. 
Charles Wentworth and Mrs. Eunice Magner, May 14. 
George Tarr of Brunswick and Flora E. Hallowell, Aug. 20. 
Lendall S. Caswell and Thressa H. Parsons, Sept. 3. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 353 

Louville W. Gould and Alary E. Gray, Sept. 14. 

Thomas W. Curtis of Gardiner and Mary Ann Day, Nov. 14. 

Lewis L. Lindsay and Flora C. Curtis, Nov. 18. 

James McClusky and Anna L. Libby, Dec. 22. 

George E. Carver and Augusta A. Sprague, Dec. 24, 

Charles R. Besse of Vienna and Lydia J. Boothby, Dec. 25. 

Chandler F. Cobb and Ella Gordon, Dec. 31. 

1873- 

E. M. S. Abbott and Helen S. Weston of Readtield, Jan. 2. 
Amos H. Bishop and jVIrs. Thompson of Strong, Feb. 20. 
John L. Plummer of Momnouth and Victoria Wheeler, Mar 4. 
Sewall W. Stinchlield and Jennie S. Teague of Mt. Vernon, 
May 9. 

Horace H. Burbank and Fannie M. Sprague, May 22. 
John E. Carver and Jennie L. Richards, May 25. 
S.-C. Merrill and Addie E. Rose, June 4. 
Frank E. Gould and Sarah L. Peare, June 28. 
Thomas L Jepson and Columbia H. Berry, Aug. 6. 
Herbert L. Grant and Addie N. Smith, Nov. 21. 
Edgar Rose and Adelia Rounds of Auburn, Dec. 5. 

1874. 

Minot Williams of Bowdoin and Lucy E. Rowe, March 25. 
Henry AL Beals and Anvalette Caswell of Auburn, April 4. 
John W. Beckler and Mary F. Ham of Wales, April 30. 
James S. Wing and Ellen F. Hallowell, May 15. 
S. P. Libby and Emma L. Norris of Wayne, May 25. 
Davis P. True and Bessie R. Stinchfield of Auburn, May 31. 
Roscoe P. Wheeler and Sarah S. Bodge, August 28. 
Lewis S. Wheeler and Rosemand Waterhouse of Poland, 
August 29. 

William H. Wing and Lilla E. Hallowell, Sept. 2(;. 

David Sturtevant and Betsey A. Burnham, Sej't. 20. 

John Dumley and Ellen Lynch, Oct. 23. 

Frank H. Hussey and Annie L. Morrill of Etna, Nov. 24. 

Walter P. Foss and Hattie F. Cox of Farmingdale, Dec. 23. 

Horace F. Alden of Turner and Esta B. TTussey, Dec. 30. 

1875- 

Isaac C. Libby and Albina L. Fogg, Feb. 11. 
Wallace W. Mower of Greene and Lizzie J. Pettingill, 
March 15. 

John A. Burnham and Lucretia D. Taylor, Alarch 16. 

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354 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Peltiah F. Libby and ]ylrs. Mary Ann Knowlton, Mav 5. 
Warren Carver and Hannah E. Mower, July 9. 
Charles S. Moody and Millie E. Shorey of Monmouth, 
Dec. 24. 

1876. 

Elisha Sampson and Sarah A. Keith, March 20. 

William D. Bornemon and Ella E. Libby, April 28. 

George Caswell of Monmouth and Nancy J. Libby, June 13. 

Henry F. Woodman and Mary F. Whitemore, July 16. 

Frank E. Andrews of \\'inthrop and Lizzie D. Turner, 
Sept. 22. 

John J. McKarthv of Lewiston and Mrs. Nora Powers, 
Oct. 26. 

Lafayette C. Wing and Luella Burnham, Nov. 29. 

1877. 
Edwin W. Morris and Nancy E. Vose of Winthrop", Jan. 10. 
Wesley Welch of Wayne and Arobine Churchill, April 21. 
Frederick H. Knight and Lenora L. Prince, May 16 
David P. Freeman and Edith Rose, August 4. 
David Sturtevant and Mrs. Elmira Folsom, August 11. 
Joseph A. Trask and Addie J. Holt of Augusta, August 22. 
John A. Beales of Brunswick and Clara D. Coolidge, Sept. 7. 
A. J. Nash of Greene and Inez Rose, Oct. 6. 
Alonzo House of Wayne and Nellie Fuller, Nov. 13. 
Mellen J. Hanscom and Rosa \^. Gilbert, Nov. 21. 

1878. 

Cyrus B. Howe of Greene and Rosilla Bishop, March 13. 
Alvin D. Morris and ]\Iary A. Richards of Salem, x^pril 15. 
Willis A. Knapp and Julia A. Carver, June 14. 
George T. Howe and Mrs. Edith W. Church, July 2. 
William A. Bowers and Nellie L. Fabyan, Sept. 6. 
Charles H. Richmond of Fayette and Clara A. Jennings, 
Sept. 21. 

Willis G. Magner and Eva E. Borneman, Sept. 28. 
Charles K. Leadbetter and Ella F. Stinchfield, Sept. 29. 
James W. Lindsay and Ida Atkins, Nov. 24. 
Lewis J. Pollard of Auburn and Hannah L. Davee, Nov. 17. 

1879. 

Otis K. Prescott of 'Monmouth and Elvira J. Pettingill, 
Feb. 10. 

William Churchell and Emilv B. Armstrong, March 7. 
Abial D. Knapp and Ella C. Millett, April 2." 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 355 

Fred A. Parker and Lois V. Gilbert of Lewiston, May 3. 

Alvah D. Ames and M. Etta Spofford of Greene, June 6. 

Joseph Torrey of Lewiston and Flora E. Maguire, July 6. 

Oliver A. Johnson of Wayne and Minnie A. Foss, July 7. 

Charles M. Pettingill of Monmouth and Etta E. Beals, 
August 23. 

Lewis ^L Larrabee and Angelia Bryant, Oct. 15. 

Franklin E. Carver of Canton and Etta L. Sprague, Nov. 24. 

George J. Potter of Monmouth and Jennie L. Rose, Dec. 8. 

Daniel P. Hall of Monmouth and Lucilla D. Day, Dec. 9. 

George S. Buck of Hopkinton, Mass., and Mary J. Libby, 
Dec. 17. 

1880. 

John H. Bates and Serena E. Sumner, Jan. 16. 

Lot Howard and Ella T. Millett, May 3. 

Martin \'^. Burgess and x-\lbina V. Burnham, May 18. 

Frank Parker of Lewiston and Laura Etta Nichols, April 29. 

Frank H. Gooch of Yarmouth and Letitia E. Curtis, May 15. 

T. C. Libby and Mrs. Esther L. Lothrop, June 5. 

Uriah F. Libby and Lucy Ann Sumner, July 24. 

John R. Millett and Mrs. Orinza Potter, Nov. 17. 

Walter Hutchinson of Turner and xA.da M. Gilbert, Dec. 16. 

1881. 

Willard F. jMaguire and Mary L. Knapp, Jan. 31. 
Joseph L. Taylor and Mrs. Lucretia D. Burnham, Feb. 24. 
George D. Whittier of Chesterville and Minnie J. Morris, 
Feb. 28. 

Frank E. Pettingill and Edith M. Coffin. April 28. 

Charles H. Berry and Julia A. Griswold, June 7. 

Manly M. Coffin and Emily A. Pettingill, June 17. 

A. F. Tinkham of Augusta and Jennie M. Brewster, Aug. 11. 

Leander M. Howard and Clara E. Boothby, Sept. 30. 

George E. Merrill and Mary E. Burnham, Oct. 29. 

Gustavus W. Burnham and Vesta E. Wing, Nov. I7. 

1882. 

William H. Thomas of Greene and Luetta M. Additon, 
Feb. 13. 

Fred W. Walton and Emma F. Remick of Wayne, May 13. 

1883. 

Lewis ]\L Larrabee and Lillian W. Keith, Jan. 25. 
Benjamin Lord of Peru and Mrs. Mary J. Trask, Feb. 15. 
Charles S. Parker and Isabelle E. Rose, Feb. 22. 



356 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

J. Henry Moore of Winthrop and Oleva E. Sumner^ 
March 24. 

Junius C. Wing and Mary E. Hamond, April 18. 
William C. Taylor and Judith Burnham, April 23. 
John E. Gordon and Nellie A. Briggs, April 30. 
Dole B. Wiley of Greene and Elvira E. Deane, Sept. 5. 
Gustavus W. Lane and Susan E. Lothrop, Sept. 8. 
Henry F. Woodman and Martha Deane, Sept. 15. 
Richard Clemonds and Mercy I. Canwell, Dec. 15. 
Herbert W. Bates and Clara E. Beals of Greene, Dec. 20. 
Orin E. Curtis and Ermina A. Pettingill, Dec. 22. 

1884. 

Joel E. Taylor and Caroline R. Burnham, Jan. 15. 

Erank Wadsworth of Monmouth and Iva S. Caswell,. 
March i. 

John H. Parker of Greene and Mary J. House, March 22. 

George C. Coolidge and Mrs. Viora A. Eoss, March 29. 

Thomas C. Eoss and Abby J. Cox of Earmingdale, March 31. 

Leander Patten of Greene and Nancy E. Caswell, April 19. 

Hiram F. Kincade of East Livermore and Mary F. Wing, 
May 17. 

Jeremiah Donnally and Annie Foss of Farmington, July 26. 

Daniel Maguire and Allura Carver, August 23. 

Charles L. Bates and Clara A. Bates, Sept. 12. 

Abial F. Deane and Julia A. Woodman, Nov. 17. 

George L. Beals of Greene and Alena M. Wing, Nov. 22. 

Bert Merrill and Clara R. Gary of Turner, Nov. 26. 

Ralph L. Knapp and Nettie M. Lindsay, Dec. 19. 

Fred C. Eoss and Eugenia E. Jennings. May 12. 

Asa G. Gordon and Melintha G.Pettingill, Dec. 29. 

1885. 

Thomas S. Carver and Elnora Y. Parsons, April 16. 
Wills Libby of Auburn and Cora E. House, July 4. 
Albertus Nichols and Annie F. Taylor of Freeman, Sept. 19. 
Joseph E. Maxim of Wayne and Susan J. Burnham, Oct. 3. 
Augustus S. Tuck of Fayette and Mrs. Vesta W. Jones, 
Dec. 24. 

1S86. 

Fred C. Jackson of Auburn and Flora A. Leavitt, Jan. 16. 
Elwin E. Additon and Alary A. Thomas of Greene, Feb. 4. 
Hartland F. Gray of iMonmouth and Lovina E. Morris. 
March 5. 

Fred A. Perry and Ellen E. Smith, March 5. 
Benjamin M. "Norton and Laura E. Parker, March 13. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 357 

Leonard F. Addison of Roxbury, Mass., and Rosa E. Gnant, 
April 25. 

Austin H. Wing and Betsey A. Burnham, May 10. 
Eugene Kincade of Livermore and Betsy M. Wing, June 11. 
E. H. Wagner of Monmouth and Edith Currier, Nov. 2. 
Andrew L. Johnson of Livermore and LilUan Trask, Dec. 31. 

1887. 

Lucian F. Berry and Mrs. M. Anna Coburn, April 10. 
Jason Carver and Mrs. Augusta W. Curtis, April 16. 
J. F. Burnham and Lena B. Hallowell, Nov. 5. 
James F. Burnham and Lucy A. Wing, July 8. 
John H. Burnham and Ivizzie A. Merrill, August 11. 
Truman M. Shaw of Greene and Annie S. Additon, Sept. 9. 
Joseph F. Moody and Louise S. Bragdon of Monmouth, 
Sept. 13. 

William H. Morris and Ella C. Millett, Sept. 17. 

C. A. Whitehouse and Mary L. Woodman. Sept. 28. 

A. C. B. Keene and Vesta A. Gilmore of Turner, Oct. i. 

Charles M. Fish and Hannah E. Ridley of Wayne, Oct. 20. 

Josiah F. Burnham and Betsey Hollowell, Nov. 5. 

Fred N. Howard and Alura F. Abbott of Deering, Nov. 7. 

Daniel E. Haynes and Lenora M. Hallowell, Jan. 22. 



Albion H. Hodsdon of Turner and Hattie M. Brewster, 
Nov. 14. 

William J. Wing of Peru and Ida M. Burnham, Feb. 18. 

Anson G. Knapp and Alice M. Dascomb, August 24. 

Fred L. Additon and Lenora J. Howe, August 31. 

Clarence F. Greeley and Ella A. Lovell, Sept. 9. 

Daniel Maguire and Grace Anthony, Sept. 9. 

John M. Turner, M.D.. of Gardiner and Olive M. Lothrop, 

Chester C. Farmer and Cassie B. Lane, Oct. 22. 
Sept. 26. 

Stillman N. Dixon of Clinton and Alice M. Carver, Nov. II. 

Victor A. Rose and Etta M. Gill, Dec. 21. 

1889. 

Forest Morris and Emma Brown, March 4. 
N. P. Gould and Mae G. Pease of Fayette, March 25. 
Joshua H. Sumner and Mrs. Asenath C. Martin of Mon- 
mouth, Dec. 31. 

Harry N. Gould and Mary E. Roach, June 22. 
Alexander Ramsay and Etta G. Burnham, July 2. 
Seth F. Carver and Effie M. Rose, July 13. 



358 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Edward L. Grant and Myra M. Carver, August i8. 
Francis A. Wing and Augusta R. Burnham, Oct. 14. 
John R. Newcomb and Lizzie B. Burnham, August 31, 
Freeland Q. Wing and Nelhe F. McCulla, Sept. 6. . 
Fred A. Wade and Grace L. Libby of Exeter, Nov. 15. 

1890. 

Stephen L. Mayo of St. Albans and Betsey B. Rose, Jan. 6. 
Frank H. Hussey and Sarah A. Purington of Jay, Feb. 16. 
Elmer E. Burgess and Lulie L. Libby, April 13. 
George L. Delano of Monmouth and Bertha H. Watson, 
April 26. 

Alton L. Thomas and Annie E. Lincoln, May 9. 

John A. Gordon and Adelia C. Hartt, May 22. 

W. S. Gilmore of Turner and Sadie M. Keene, May 23. 

Fred W. Adams of Auburn and Nellie M. Sprague, Nov. 5. 

Herbert S. Wadsworth of Wales and Ella M. Ridley, June 14. 

Irving R. Canwell and Ella F. Hinkley, July 3. 

Lenord L. Rose and Mrs. Emma Jordon, Dec. 29. 

189 1. 

Albion Brewster and Lilla N. Beal of Monmouth, Jan. 28. 

Jeremiah H. Sullivan and Hannah A. Bates, March 9. 

Frank E. Pettingill and Georgia A. Beal of Monmouth^ 
March 7. 

Oscar W. Merrill and Lula L. Edgecomb, April i. 

Peter L. Turner and Adelaide C. Abbott of Medway, Mass., 
July 24. 

Ralph L. Knapp and Eva J. Carville of Lewiston, Oct. 9. 

Almond N. Gordon of Mt, Vernon and Eva J. Maxim,. 
Oct. 29. 

Junius C. Wing and Dora L. Howard, Nov. 24. 

1892. 

Chas. A. Austin and Carrie May Clinton Keene, March 5. 
Wm. H. Wing and Emma AL Place, Lewiston, April 17. 
Eli Edgecomb and Eva May Fickett, Auburn, April 30. 
Geo. H. Knowles and Mrs. Albina V. Burgess, May 7. 
Perry Grant and Mrs. Genie Morgan, Auburn, May 13. 
Alfred A. Mower, Greene, and Jennie M. Bates, August 6. 
Arthur C. Leadbetter, Wayne, and Grace H. Turner. Sept. 20. 
Fred E. Burnham and Eva Maxim, Oct. 9. 
Loretus A. Strout, Wales, and Nettie Beal, Oct. 17. 
Loring L. Churchell and Mira H. Gulliver, Readfield, Oct. 30, 
George Calley, Poland, and Kate Hayes, Nov. 7. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 359 

Thomas H. Boothby and Estella Stinchfield, Nov. 23. 
Warren L. Smith and Georgia A. WaUon, Nov. 26. 
Benjamin F. Burgess and Mary L. ]\Iitchell, Lisbon, Dec. 31. 

1893. 

Benjamin R. Ramsdell and Susie G. Wood, Westford, Mass.,. 
May I. 

Isaiah Henry Mann and Esther Augusta Rose, Greene, 
May 21. 

Albert Bryant and Flora E. Love well, Livermore, June 24. 

James C. Gordon and Sarah E. Swift, East Livermore,. 

July 4- 

Perley Wing and Georgianna P. Wing, July 20. 

Ernest W. Russell, Lewiston, and Caroline H. Sumner^ 
xA.ugust 29. 

George E. Wills, Auburn, and Sophia B. Sumner, August 29. 

Sanford Adams, ^Monmouth, and E. Gertrude Pettengill, 
Sept. 14. 

Wm. H. Howard, Manchester, and Georgia E. Farrington, 
Sept. 30. 

Philip Long, Chelsea, and Mrs. Francina J. Latio, Dec. 23. 

Edson Waite, Livermore, and Bertha A. Grant, Dec. 24. 

Bertus E. Wight and Luta M. Dyer, Dec. 30. 

1894. 

Joseph L. Grant and Lizzie Mabel More, Lewiston, Feb. 23. 
Ernest A. Russell and Kittie Lane, Alarch 18. 
Ray L. Harvey and Eva B. Lothrop, Auburn, April 5. 
James L Simpson and Lucretia D. Taylor, April 5. 
William H. Roach and Sadie Jane Hadley, July 7. 
Andrew^ S. Clark and Nettie May Peare, July 12. 
Fred S. Grant and Effie A. Cooper, Roxbury, July 21. 
Frank H. Herrick and Lucy j\L Sylvester, Turner. August 15. 
Chas. H. Lane and Mrs. Nellie M. Wright, Greene, Oct. 20. 
William A. Jennings and Hannah A. Adams, Greene, Nov. 26. 
Denis Carter, East Livermore, and May A. Knapp, Dec. 2"], 

1895- 

John L. Raymond, Wayne, and Mrs. Ada J. Trask, Jan. 21. 
Benjamin K. Alden, Greene, and i\Irs. Etta B. Dudley, 
Jan. 10. 

Charles B. Brewster and Lizzie L. Boothby, March i. 
Carroll G. Parker, Greene, and Blanche M. Pinkham, Aug. 17. 
James S. Magner and Airs. Ella F. Pearce, Nov. 24. 
John F. Gilmore and Vesta E. Hammond, Greene, Dec. 18. 



o 



60 HISTORY OF LEEDS 



1896. 

Israel H. Herrick and Alice Hanson, Biddeford, Jan. 15. 

Charles H. Lord and Lillie Gooldrup, Feb. 25. 

Rodger E. Dalton and Mrs. Addie F. Lymes, Livermore, 
March 21. . 

Ernest E. Jordan, Tnrner, and Emma A. Carver, March 25. 

Thomas H. Nevens, Portland, and Sadie E. Lane, May 22. 

Fred A. Sedgley and Susan J. Wyman, June 6. 

Roland M. Maxim and Sarah E. Burnham, July 12. 

John C. Houghton and Harriet A. White, Aug. 26. 

John T. Collins and Lina Hobbs, Oct. 27. 

Melville G. Libby and Glennie Bishop, Dec. 28. 

Ora Allen Knox and Blanch M. Wing, Nov. 26. 

Howard Elliott Lincoln and Gertrude E. Howie, Whitney- 
ville. Dec. i. 

Carrol Albion Bryant and Rosilla P. House, Dec. 23. 

Stephen A. Taylor and Airs. Lizzie A. Taylor, Dec. 12. 

1897. 

Herbert W. Ryder and Lucy M. Adams, Greene, Feb. 2y. 

Thurston S. Heald and Helen May Curtis, Monmouth, 
May 16. 

John H. Neal and E. Alice Sanborn, June 26. 

Tafuest Knowles and Ella M. Williams, Sept. i. 

Frank G. Davis, Readfield, and Annie H. Foss, Sept. 23. 

Lafayette A. Cochran, Oakland, and Lucinda D. Burnham, 
Oct. 28.' 

Percy L. Fogg, Greene, and Bessie B. Bates, Nov, 20. 

Lucius L. Gould. East Livermore, and Mrs. Emily B. 
Churchill, Dec. 9. 

Paul Smith Palmer, Stockbridge, and Lena Howard Foss, 
May 24. 

Arthur W. Hobbs and Mabel H. Alden, Dec. 22. 

1898. 

George W. Maguire and Celia M. Maguire, Augusta, Jan. 10. 

Richard Wing and Bertha Maxim, Jan. 22. 

Herbert A. Wing and Mrs. Albina V. Knowles, May 31. 

Allen H. Sprague and Grace M. Sleeper Litchfield, June 5. 

Fred A. Howard and Mrs. Evelyn Merritt, Lewiston, June 14. 

Augustus E. Campbell and Alice B. Hamilton, July 2. 

Frank Hosea Hall and Eveline Francelia Kelly, Stoneham, 
Mass., July I. 

George' H. Anthony and Gertrude M. Graham, Oct. 2. 

Frank L. Carver and Abbie House, Oct. 23. 

George F. Cooper and Mrs. Florence A. Nason, Lewiston, 
Dec. 14. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 36 1 

1899. 

Ned R. Bishop and Myrtle AI. Grant, Jan. 30. 

Alfred S. Wing and Carrie j\I. Higgins, Feb. 5. 

Fred D. Brackett and Mrs. Mertie J. Clemens, Feb. 25. 

George H. Wing and Celia May Wing, March 20. 

Elwood Richards and Hattie M. Wing, March 25. 

Walter B. House and Annie E. Nichols, March 30. 

C. H. Brown and Emogene Cushman, May 14. 

W. R. Carville, Lewiston, and Fannie Maguire, July 8. 

Milton W. Burnham and Vilina J. Anderson, Aug. 15. 

Marshal S. Sawtelle and Patea M. Emery, Industry, June 26. 

Charles M. Kenny and Lucy C. Hutchins, Oct. 6. 

Arthur W. Fish and Grace M. Maguire, Oct. 26. 

Nathan D. Merrill, Turner, and Mildred B. Francis, Oct. 27, 

Joseph Henley and Kate A. Roach, Nov. 19. 

Charles Carpenter (Poland) and Hattie M. Beckler, Dec. 18. 

Alton G. Millett and Winifred Pettengill, Dec. 28. 

1900. 

C. Warren Barker and May Emma McClusky, March 26. 
Victor Bernier and Cora E. Murry, June 10. 
S. A. Richardson, Greene, and Edith Howe, June 28. 
John G. Daggett, Wayne, and Mrs. Ella Knapp, July 14. 
Tracy L. Barker, Lewiston, and Annie B. Davis, Aug. 4. 
Clinton L. Bodge and Mrs. Lizzie R. Homes, Westbrook, 
Aug. 9. 

Leon Mortimer Norton and Alice Clyde Nichols, Sept. 20. 
Lemuel Gile (Wales) and Annie Dascomb, Oct. 13. 
Albert P. Rose and Florence M. Libby, Oct. 30. 
James B. Neal and Mary C. Edgecomb, Nov. 20. 

1901. 

Allie J. Howard and Delia Daggett, Jan. 14. 

It will be observed that changes have been made in the spell- 
ing of names since their first appearance on the records of the 
town: Morse for Moss, Knapp for Knap, Thompson for Tom- 
son, Sampson for Samson, etc., etc. 



CHAPTER XXI. 




GENEALOGY. 


E. 




Additon, Elwin 




Children: 






NAME. BIRTH. 

Louise M., Ji-ily, 189 1. 
Marion L., Mar., 1894. 
Orland H., Apr., 1896. 
Vina A., Aug., 1899. 


DEATH. 


Parentage: 
Elwin E. Additon, Aug., 
Mary A. Thomas, Ji^ine, 


1864. 
1865. 




Paternal Grand: 
Thomas J. Additon, Aug., 
Rozilla Smart, Mar., 


1832, 
1832. 


Mar., 1897 


Maternal Grand: 
Charles L. Thomas, Oct., 
Hannah M. Alaxwell, Feb., 


1831. 
1838, 


Nov., 1867 



Additon, Fred L. 



Children: 
Orville J., 
Ernest F., 
Leslie F., 
Ivan B., 
Clayton E., 
Edna, 
Florus J., 

Parentage: 
Fred L. Additon, 
Leonora I. Howe, 

Paternal Grand: 
Isaiah B. Additon, 
Eliza A. Jennings, 



Aug., 


1889. 






Apr., 


1891. 






June, 


1893. 






Nov., 


1894. 






Aug., 


1896. 






Mar., 


1898. 






Dec, 


1899. 






Jan., 


1864. 






Dec, 


1871. 






N]ov., 


1823, 


July, 


1894 


Oct., 


1831. 







HISTORY OF LEEDS 



36: 



Maternal Grand: 

NAME. 

Francis E. Howe, 
Eleanor C. Pettingil!, 



BIRTH. 

Feb., 1843. 
May, 1845, 



DEATH. 

Aug., 1895. 



Bates, James E. 
Children: 
Willis, 
Nancy E., 
Mary A., 
Lester R., 

Parentage: 
James E. Bates, 
Augusta L. Wheeler, 

Paternal Grand: 
Hervey Bates, 
Nancy G. Rand, of Monmouth, Apr., 

Maternal Grand: 
Aruna Wheeler, 
Sally Berry, of Vienna, 



May 18, 
Nov. 8, 


1865. 
1866. 








Sept. 4, 
Feb. 8, 


1870, 
1874- 


Jan. 


13, 


1873- 


Jan. 20, 
Feb. 28, 


1832. 
183 1. 








June 10, 
Apr., 


1789, 
1799, 


Mav 
Dec. 


10, 
12, 


1877 
1856 


Apr. 25, 
Apr. 14, 


1808, 
1808, 


Feb. 
Feb. 


19, 

27. 


1874 
1880 



Children: 
Clara Aclelma, 
Alvercla Ellsworth, 
Roy Averson, 

Parentage: 
Averson Green Bates, 
Phoebe Anne Day, 

Paternal Grand: 
Cyrus Bates, 
Sophia Keay, 

Maternal Grand: 
Randall Day, 
Phoebe Shaw, 



Bates, Averson G. 



June, 
June, 
Oct., 


1863. 
1861, 
1875- 


Aug., 


1862 


May, 
June, 


1835- 
1834. 






June, 
Feb., 


1800, 
1802, 


Mar., 
Apr., 


i860 
1859 


Mar., 
Dec, 


1806, 
1809, 


Apr., 
May, 


1879 
1882 



Children: 
Luretta E., 
Lenora A., 



Beals, Thomas A. 



Feb. 6, 1857. 
Feb. 24, 1861, 



Mar. 15, 1862. 



l64 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



Parentage: 

NAME. 

Thomas A. Beals, 
Mary E. Lewis, 

Paternal Grand: 
Isaac Beals, Jr., 
Lydia Briggs, 

Maternal Grand: 
William Lewis, 
Elizabeth Boyd, 



Children: 
Jarvis T., 
Arvilla J., 
Georgianna, 
Herbert M., 
Francisco G., 
Stephen S., 
Ella L., 
Fred, 

Georgia A., 
Ortez, 
Nettie, 
Lilla M., 
Moses E., 

Parentage: 
Moses G. Beal, 
Sarah Ames, 
Lovina Pickens, 

Paternal Grand: 
Stephen Beal, 
Charlotte Gould, 

Maternal Grand: 
Daniel Ames, 
Mary Dingley, 
Elisha Pickens, 
Meroah Hathaway, 



BIRTH. 


DEATH. 


Jan. 15, 1828. 






May 10, 1836. 






Jmie II, 1792, 


June 17, 


1885 


Nov. I, 1796, 


Feb. 26, 


1875 


Oct. 20, 1810, 


May 9, 


1876 


Sept. 22,1816, 


Aug. 5, 


1885 


,, Moses G. 






Nov. 25, 1845. 






May 23, 1847. 






Apr. 6, 1850. 


Apr. 10, 


1850 


Jan. 28, 1854. 






Mar. 12, 1856. 






Sept. 18, 1857. 






Jan. 9, 1863. 






Nov. 27, 1862. 


Aug. 13, 


1882 


Oct. 13, 1864. 






Feb. 9, 1866. 






Sept. I, 1869. 






Feb. 15, 1871. 






Oct. 10, 1873. 


Oct. 18, 


1866. 


Nov. II, 1821, 


Feb. 15, 


1890 


July 2, 1826, 


Aug. 13, 


1861 


Apr. 23, 1840. 







Jan. 13, 1799, 
June I, 1805, 



Aug. 13, 1864. 
Nov. 25, 1874. 



Children: 
Kimball G., 
Hattie M., 
Bert H., 



Beckler, George W. 

Dec. 3, 1 86 1. 
July 21, 1866. 
Oct. 27, 1876. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



;65 



Parentage: 

NAME. 

George W. Beckler, 
Esther M. Fuller, 

Paternal Grand: 
Phillip C. Beckler. 
Fanny Otis, 

Maternal Grand: 
Kimball Prince Fuller, 
Miranda Carman, 



BIRTH. 

May 2y, 1834. 
Jan. 27, 1840. 

Nov. 22, 1796, 
Apr. 25, 1803, 

June 30, 1795, 
Aug. 17, 1804, 



DEATH. 



Sept. 25, 1870. 
May 9, 1840. 

Oct. 19, 1866. 
Jan. 2, 1887. 



Children: 
Clifton D., 
Glenn C, 
Nedd R., 
Laura E., 

Parentage: 
W. S. Bishop, 
E. E. Rackley, 

Paternal Grand: 
Amos H. Bishop, 
Eliza A. Burgess. 

Maternal Grand: 
Jason Rackley, 
Nancy West. 

Children: 
Hattie :\Iyrtle, 
Maria Betsey, 
Charles Bishop, 
Carrol Henry, 

Parentage: 
Henry M. Brewster. 
Angelia Bishop, 

Paternal Grand: 
Salmon Brewster. 
Betsey Shaw. 

Maternal Grand: 
Abial D. Bishop, 
Dorcas Lindsay, 



Bishop^ W. Scott. 

May, 1873. 

June, 1875. 

Dec, 1879. 

Jan., 1886. 



June, 1848. 
March, 185 1. 



Brewster, Henry M. 

Oct., 1863. 

Apr., 1867. 

Nov., 1871. 

July, 1882. 



Sept. 27,, 1838. 



Jan. I, 1800, 
June 15, 1802, 



]\Iay 9, 1877. 
June 15, 1877. 



366 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



Children: 

NAME. 

Everett, 
Amanda, 
Lloyd Howard, 
Everett Howard, 
Thomas Wats, 
Mary Ann, 
Eliza, 
Lloyd H., 
Voluntine R., 
Ora L., 
William A., 

Parentage: 
Thomas W. Bridgham. 
Aurelia Howard. 

Maternal Grand : 
Setli Howard, 
Desire Bailev. 



Bridgham, Dr. Thomas W 



] 


3IRT 


H. 


DEATH. 


Oct. 


28. 


1815, 


Sept. 2, 


1818. 


Apr. 


16, 


1817, 


Sept. 28, 


1842, 


Oct. 


12, 


1818, 


Sept. 16, 


1826, 


Mar. 


16, 


182I. 






Feb. 


22, 


1823. 






Julv 


19- 


1824, 


Nov. 2S, 


1857. 


Julv 


16, 


1827, 


Sept., " 


1828, 


Dec. 


24, 


1829. 


Aug. 26, 


1875. 


Feb. 


16, 


1832. 






Oct. 


i7> 


1833, 


Mar. 13, 


1842, 


Aug. 


23- 


1837- 







Child: 
E. M.. 



BuRNH.VM, M. Milton. 

Oct. 5, 1864. 



Parentage: 
IMilton AL Burnham, Feb. 22, 1844. 

]\Iaria B. Farrington, May 16, 1848. 



Child: 
Lena E., 



Campbell, Horace L. 

Au?. 6. 1882. 



Parentage- 
Horace L. Campbell, 
Maria S. Carr, 

Paternal Grand: 
Calvin Campbell, 
Jane Carver, 

Maternal Grand: 
Amos Carr, 
Charlotte Rogers, 



May 2, 1849. 
Apr. 5, 1847. 



June 14, 1824, 
"May 14, 1822. 



Jan. 19, 1812. 
Feb. 20. 1817, 



July I, 1892. 



June 3, 1890. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Carver, Everett. 



167 



Children: 










NAME. 


BIRTH. 


DEATH. 


Julia Augusta, 


July, 


i8so, 


Nov., 


1892. 


Everett Lowell, 


Dec, 


1852. 






Wallace Elwood, 


June, 


1863. 






Parentage: 










Everett Carver, 


July, 


1821, 


Nov., 


1881. 


Julia Ann Baldwin, 


Mar. 4, 


1826. 






Paternal Grand: 










Caleb Carver, 


June, 


1800. 






Augusta Copeland. 










Paternal Great-Grand: 








Eleazer Carver. 










Nancy Jones. 










Maternal Grand: 










Robert Baldwin, 


Oct. 10, 


1785, 


Apr. 29, 


1863. 


Ruth Riggs, 


Carver, James. 


1785, 


Feb. 12, 


1857- 


Children: 










Eunice Ellen, 


Apr., 


1857- 






Seth, 


July, 


1859. 






Abbie, 


Oct., 


1861, 


Dec, 


1863. 


Abbie, 


Aug., 


1864. 






Lura, 


Dec, 


i86s. 


Jan., 


1885. 


Mary Alice, 


Oct, 


1868. 






Frank Leslie, 


Nov, 


1870. 






Myra May, 


Sept., 


1872. 






Emma Arvilla, 


May, 


1879. 






Parentage: 










James Carver, 


Mar., 


1833- 






Mary Fish, 


Apr., 


1837. 






Paternal Grand: 










Eleazer Carver. Jr., 


Apr., 


1788. 


Dec, 


1856. 


Hannah Stinchfield, 


Dec, 


1794. 


Jan.. 


1872. 


Maternal Grand: 










Seth Fish, 


Mar., 


1783. 


Oct., 


1859. 


Abigail Carver, 


Aug.. 


1803. 


Feb, 


i860. 



[68 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



Children: 

NAME. 

Blanche AL, 
George R., 
Mabel M., 
Bessie J., 
Nettie R., 
Georgie A., 

Parentage: 
John E. Carver. 

Paternal Grand: 
Jason Carver. 
Mary Libby. 

Paternal Great-Grand. 
Eleazer Carver. 
Hannah Stinchfield. 



Carver, John E. 



BIRTH. 

Mar., 1874. 
1876, 
1878. 
1881. 
1886. 
1893, 



Alav, 
Nov., 
Nov., 
May, 

July. 



DEATH. 

Mar., 1881. 



Maternal Grand: 










Solomon Libby. 










Dorcas Foss. 


Carver, J. E. 








Children: 






" 




M. Blanche, 


Mar. 8, 


1874. 






George R., 


May 10, 


1876, 


Mar. 27, 


1881 


Mabel, 


Nov. 3, 


1878. 






J. Bessie, 


Nov. 2"/, 


1881. 






Nettie R., 


]\Iay 10, 


1886. 






Georgie, 


July 30, 


1893. 






Parentage: 










John Edd. Carver, 


July 28, 


1851. 






Jennie D. Richards, 


June 7, 


1852. 






Paternal Grand: 










Jason Carver, 


Apr., 


1819. 


Dec, 


1893 


Mary Libby, 


Nov., 


1820, 


May, 


1881 


Maternal Grand: 










Freedom Richards, 


Dec, 


1818, 


May, 


1898. 


Sarah Brown, 


Jan., 


1822, 


July, 


1889. 



Children: 
Manlev M., 
Edith 'M., 



Coffin, Nathan W. 

July 6, 1850. 
Jan. 2, 1858, 



May 27, 1885. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



;69 



Parentage: 

NAME. 

Nathan W. Coffin, 
Aurelia (jott, 



BIRTH. 

Nov. 2, 1819. 
Jan. 15, 1821, 



DEATH. 

Feb. 16, 1885. 



Curtis, William B. 
Children: 

William H., Alar. 19, 1855. 

Henry B., Jan. 5, 1858. 

Parentage: 
William B. Curtis, May 26, 1818, Alar. 27, 1879. 

Augusta W. Sumner, Dec. 6, 1823. 

Paternal Grand: 
Ebenezer Curtis, June 23, 1775, Aug. 22, 1868. 

Esther Randall, Dec. 12, 1785, Mar. 9, 1865. 

Maternal Grand: 
Houghton Sumner, Mar. 30, 1783, Aug. 28, 1862. 

Mary Rogers, June 20, 1782, May 10, 1865. 

Ebenezer Curtis came to Leeds about the year 1824 and 
settled on the place now owned by Mrs. A. W. Carver about one 
mile west from Curtis Corner. He was the oldest member of the 
family of Curtis consisting of six brothers and one sister which 
came from Hanover, Alass. and all settled near Curtis Corner. 



Parentage: 
Eben Curtis, 
Cordelia Briggs, 

Paternal Grand: 
Jeremiah Curtis, 
Christina Berry, 

Maternal Grand: 
Calvin Briggs. 
Lvdia Pettingill, 



Curtis, Ebenezer. 

Apr. 21, 1836. 
May 14, 1836. 



June 26, 1806, 
Jan., t8ii, 

Aug. 6, 1806, 
Dec. 14, T813, 



Aug. II. 1880. 
Jan. 5, 1848. 

Dec. 2y, 1887. 
Apr. 3, 1890. 



Children: 
Ada Mina, 
Walter Edson, 
Archie Merwin, 



Curte.s, Orin Edson. 

Mav, 1885. 
June, 1887. 
Dec, 1894. 



.3/0 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



Parentage: 

NAME. 

Orin Edson Curtis, 
Ermina Ella Pettengill, 

Paternal Grand: 
Abner Curtis, 
Mary House, 

Maternal Grand: 
Cyrenus Pettengill, 
Amy A. Bates, 



BIRTH. DEATH. 

Aug., 1857. 
Nov.. 1862. 



Dec, 1825, Feb., 1876. 
July,. 1832. 



Mar., 1820. 
Jan., 1826. 



CusHMAN, Andrew. 



Gliildren: 










Deborah, 


Oct. 12, 


1788. 






William, 


May 5, 


1790. 






Andrew, 


Mar. 15, 


1793- 






Bathsheba, 


Feb. 2T,, 


1794- 






Olive, 


■ Apr. 18, 


1796. 






Oliver, 


July 9, 


1798. 






Hannah, 


Jan. 8, 


1800. 






Isaac, 


July 17, 


1801. 






Mary, 


Sept. 25, 


1803. 






Seth, 


Apr. 25, 


1807. 






Adeline, 


June 1 1 , 


1809. 






John, 


May 19, 


1812. 






Betsey, 


June IT, 


1814. 






Parentage: 










Andrew Cushman, 


Jan. 6, 


1761, 


Feb. 6, 


1844. 


Bathsheba Jennings, 




1767, 


May 12, 


1842. 


Paternal Grand: 










Isaiah Cushman, 


Feb. 2, 


1730. 






Sarah Ring, 


Sept. 2, 


1737- 







Sarah Ring, daughter of Andrew Ring and Zeruiah Standish, 
was a great-granddaughter of the famous Miles Standish. 



Davis, Alonzo. 



Child: 
Annie Belle (adopted), 

Parentage: 
Alonzo Davis. 
Orrie A. Foster. 



Oct., 



1878. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 371 

Paternal Grand: 

NAME. BIRTH. DEATH. 

Benj. Davis, of Gorham. ^ 

Dorcas Mason, of Gorham. 

Paternal Great-Grand: 
Timothy Foster. 
Nancy Morse. 

Maternal Grand: 
Wilham Henry Foster. 
Harriet Lowe CurtTs. 

Maternal Great-Grand: 
Wilham Curtis. 
Ohve Stubbs. 

Occupy the Foster farm originahy owned by Timothy Foster, 
whose father was the first white male child born in the town of 
Winthrop. The family of Timothy Foster consisted of twelve 
children of whom five are now living: William Henry, aged 88 
years, residence Livermore Falls, Methodist clergyman. Ward 
Locke, aged yy, manufacturer of shoes at North Easton, Mass., 
for many years. A soldier in War of Rebellion now living in 
Stoneham, Mass. Charles Robert, aged 75, farmer, also a 
soldier in War of Rebellion, now an inmate of the Massachu- 
setts State Home for Soldiers at Chelsea. Everett Foster, aged 
63 ; engineer on M. C. R. R., residence West Farmington, Me. 
Emeline, aged 68, wife of John F. Jennings of this town. 



Dunham, Benjamin. 



Children: 
Hannah E., 
Lucius C, 


Jan.. 
Aug., 


1838. 
1840. 






Parentage: 
Benjamin Dunham, Jr., 
Lucinda Day, 


Mar.. 
Oct., 


1807. 
1809, 


Jan., 
Apr., 


1863. 
1892. 


Paternal Grand: 
Benjamin Dunham, 
Sibil Dudley, 


Jan.. 
Mar., 


1767. 
1782, 


Dec, 
Nov., 


1850. 
1808, 



Maternal Grand: 
William A. Day. 
Betsey Jones. 



72 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



Children: 

NAME. 

George, 

Airs. B. E. Wight, 

Mabel L., 

Parentage: 
Solomon Dyer, 
Julia Trufant, 

Paternal Grand: 
Daniel Dyer, 
Lois , 

Maternal Grand: 
Joseph Trufant, 
Sivinah Trufant, 



DyeRj Solomon. 



BIRTH. 

Nov., 1870. 
Sept., 1873. 
Nov., 1878. 



Feb., 
April, 

Dec, 
May, 

June, 
Dec, 



1844. 
1847. 

1816. 
1818. 



1819. 
1816. 



DEATH. 



Edgecombe, Aubrey W. 
Ch ildren : 

Mae C, Aug., 188 

S. Etta, Mar., 

Paroitage: 

Aubrey W. Edgecombe, Mar.. 

Annie W. Foss, Nov., 

Paternal Grand: 

Benjamin Edgecombe, Jan., 

Rossie L. Foss, June, 

Maternal Grand: 

Cyrus W. Foss, Aug., 

Kate B. Swanson, Jan., 



1849. 
1850. 

1824, 
1826. 

1816, 
1828, 



Aug., 1899. 



Feb., 
Dec, 



1890. 
1883. 



n.\me. 

Uriah Foss, 
Sarah Goodridge, 

Childroi: 
Levi, 
Cyrus, 
Daniel, 
Rachel, 
Ephraim, 
Thaddeus, 
Simeon, 
Sally, 
Walter, 
Ruel. 



when and where born. 

Saco, Mar. 6, 1760, 
Saco, Aug. 24, 1759, 



DE.vrn. 



Leeds, 
Leeds, 
Leeds, 
Leeds, 
Leeds, 
Leeds, 
Leeds, 
Leeds, 
Leeds, 
Leeds, 



Apr. 10, 
June 21, 
June 21, 
Mar. 19, 

Sept. 6, 
June 13, 

Mar. 25, 
May 18, 
Feb. 24, 



1782, 
1785, 
1785, 
1788, 

1791- 
1793. 
1795. 
1797- 
1799. 
1802, 



June 16, 1824. 
Jan. 28, 183 1. 



Nov. 23, 
Oct. 16, 
Apr. 14, 
July 9, 
Aug. 15, 
May 10, 
July 12, 
Aug. 25. 
Apr. 13, 
Jan. 21, 



18^1. 
1836. 
1827. 
1819. 

1877. 
1819. 
l86q. 
1826. 
T875. 
1877. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 373 

Foss, Walter. 
Walter Foss, b. in Leeds May i8, 1799; d. in Leeds April 12, 

1875. 

Dorcas S. Morrison, b. in Wayne Aug. 10, 1806; d. in Leeds 
April 29, 1882. 

Children: 

Lucy M., b. in Leeds Jan. 14, 1827 ; d. in Wayne Jan. 3, 1894. 

John M., b. in Leeds Dec. 29, 1827; d. in Leeds Jan. 3, 1875. 

Thomas C, b. in Leeds March 18, 1829; d. in Leeds Nov. 22 
1891. 

Sarah E., b. in Leeds Sept. 19, 1830; d. in Wayne Feb. 4, 1864. 

Adoniram J., b. in Leeds Jan. 30, 1832. 

Ann H., b. in Leeds Aug. 18, 1833. 

James M., b. in Leeds Aug. 4, 1835 ; d. in New York City Nov. 
4, 1864. 

Dorcas E., b. in Leeds Dec. 14, 1836; d. in Boston Dec. 21, 

1859. 

Laura M., b. in Leeds May 22, 1839 ; d. in Leeds Feb. 25, 1852, 

Rachel E., b. in Leeds Dec. 6, 1840; d. in Leeds Jan. 28, 1853. 

Catherine, b. in Leeds June 6, 1842 ; d. in Leeds Sept. 10, 1874. 

Walter P., b. in Leeds Jan. 6, 1844. 

Vesta P., b. in Leeds Jan. 18, 1846. 

Charles W., b. in Leeds Oct. ii, 1847; d- i^^ California, Aug. 
31, 1868. 

Varnum R., b. in Leeds April 10, i8so; d. in Leeds Aug. 19, 
1854. 

MouLTON, Jonathan. 

Jonathan Moulton, b. in Hartford, April 22, 1823; d. in 
Wayne Nov. 7, 1887. 

Lucy M. Foss, b. in Leeds Jan. 14, 1827; d. in Wayne Jan. 3, 
1894. 

Children: 

Sumner C, b. in Wayne Oct. i, 1853; ^- i" Wavne Oct. i, 
1876. 

James M., b. in Wayne Sept. 26. 1859. 

Foss, Thomas C. 

Thomas C. Foss, b. in Leeds March 18, 1829; d. in Leeds 
Nov. 22, 1891. 

Elizabeth Cobb, b. in Leeds Julv 13, 1835; d. in Leeds Aug. 
6, 1882. 

Children: 

V. Richardson, b. in Leeds Jan. 3, 1857: d. in Portland Mar. 
3, 1896. 

Isabella, b. in Leeds Aug. i, 1862. 

Grace, b. in Leeds May 21. 1871. 



374 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Preston W., b. in Leeds Sept. i, 1865 ; d. in Leeds Aug. 23^ 
1869. 

Catherine AL, b. in Leeds Oct. 5, 1874. 
Thomas C, b. in Leeds May 26, 1878. 

Second Marriage: 

Thomas C. Foss, b. in Leeds March 18, 1829; d. in Leeds Nov, 
22. 1891. 

Abby J. Cox, Gardiner; d. in Leeds Oct. 25, 1891. 
No children. 

Foss, Emery. 

Emery Foss, b. in Wayne April 10, 1823; d. in Wayne Sept. 
II, 1872. 

Sarah E. Foss, b. in Leeds Sept. 19, 1830; d. in Wayne Feb. 
4, 1864. 

Children: 

John M., b. Jan. 20, 1854. 

Walter E.. b. July 29, i860. 

Foss, Adoniram Judson. 
Children: 
Lena H., Mar. i, 1867. 

Lucy M., Sept. 15, 1878. 

Parentage: 
Adoniram Judson Foss, Jan. 30, 1832. 

Maria Theresa Howard, May 24, 1835, Jan. 18, 1897. 

Paternal Grand: 
Walter Foss, May 18, 1799, Apr. 14, 1875. 

Dorcas S. Morrison, Aug. 10, 1806, Apr. 29, 1882. 

Maternal Grand: 
Benjamin Franklin Howard, June 4, 1806, Dec. 30, 1882. 
Philena Gould, 1809, Apr. 12, 1845. 

Lane, Adoniram J. 

Adoniram J. Lane, b. in Leeds July 18, 1830. 
Ann H. Foss, b. in Leeds Aug. 18, 1833. 

Children: 

Ada A., b. in Leeds May 23, 1855 ; d. in Leeds Nov. 8, 1873. 
Fremont, b. in Leeds Jan. 21, 1857; d. in Leeds June 30, 1863. 
Willie E., b. in Leeds Aug. 11, i860; d. in Brewer May 29, 
1899. 

Sadie E., b. in Leeds May 28, 1864. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 375 

Scott W., b. in Leeds Sept. 13, 1865. 

Allie, b. in Leeds July 4, 1873 ; d. in Leeds Sept. 6, 1874. 

Issa, b. in Leeds Sept. 7, 1877. 



LiNscoTT, Russell. 

Russell Linscott, b. in Nashua, N. H., Jan. 22, 1835 ; d. in 
Oakland, Cal., Aug. 30, 1887. 

Dorcas E. Foss, b. in Leeds Dec. 14, 1836; d. in Boston, Dec. 
21, 1859. 

Children: 

Walter, b. in Boston ; d. in Dorchester, Mass. 

Hattie E., b. in Boston, Dec. 14, 1859. 



Berry, Melvin. 

Melvin Berry, b. 1815 ; d. in Leeds May 10, i^ 
Catherine ]\L Foss, b. in Leeds June 6, 1842; d. in Leeds Sept. 
10, 1874. 

Foss, Walter Payson. 
Child: 
George Morrison, Feb. 16, 1881. 

Parcniagc: 
Walter Payson Foss. 
Harriet F. Cox. 

Paternal Grand: 
Rev. Walter Foss. 
Dorcas S. Morrison. 

Maternal Grand: 
George T. Cox. 
Abby Sargent. 

Frank G. Foss, b. in Leeds Jan. 3, 1842. 

Vesta P. Foss, b. in Leeds Jan. 18, 1846. 

Children: 

Alvin W.. b. in Leeds June 3, 1871 ; d. in Leeds Dec. 3. 1872. 

Guy W., b. in Leeds June 12, 1874; d. in Leeds Jan. 3, 1901. 

Annie H., b. in Leeds Oct. 3, 1876. 

Oliver J., b. in Leeds Oct. 13, 1882. 

F. Maynard, b. in Leeds June 29, 1890. 



n^ 



HISTORY OF I.EEDS 



Children: 

NAME. 

Alvin Wilson, 
Guy Wilson, 
Annie Howard, 
Oliver Johnson, 
Frank Maynard, 

Parentage: 
Frank A. Foss, 
Vesta T. Foss, 

Paternal Grand: 
Alvin Foss, 
Cornelia B. Howard, 

Maternal Grand: 
Walter Foss, 
Dorcas S. Morrison, 



Children: 
Thomas, 
John, 
Mark. 
Davis, 
Esther, 
Eunice, twin, 
Lois, twin, 
Matilda, 
Betsv. 
Polly. 

Susan Collier, 
Benjamin, 
Samuel, 
Lorania, 

Parentage: 
Rev. Thomas Davis Francis. 
Eunice Millett, 

Maternal Grand: 
Thomas Millett, 
Eunice Parsons, 



Foss, Frank Gustavus. 



BIRTH. 


DEATH. 


June, 


1871. 


Jan., 




1873- 


June, 


1874, 


Jan., 




1901. 


Oct., 


1876. 








Oct., 


1882. 








June, 


1890. 








Jan., 


1842. 








Jan., 


1846. 








Nov., 


1816, 


Oct., 




1869, 


Mar., 


1820. 








May, 


1799. 


Apr., 




1875- 


Aug., 


1806, 


Apr., 




1882. 


'. Thomas D. 








Jan. 26, 


1785. 


Jan. 


^7, 


1869. 


Dec. 2, 


1787- 


Sept. 


^Z. 


,1864. 


Oct. 7, 


1789. 


Oct. 


2. 


1864. 


Apr. 9, 


1791. 


Mar. 


19' 


1830. 


Jvme 6, 


1793' 


Dec. 


22, 


1813. 


Dec. 9. 


1794. 


Dec. 


18, 


1862. 


Dec. 9. 


^794- 


Dec. 


12. 


1794. 


Oct. 9. 


1796. 








Oct. TO. 


T798. 


Aug. 


24- 


1816. 


July 28. 


1800. 


Mar. 


15' 


1813. 


Aug. 9, 


t8o2.' 








Oct. 31. 


1804. 


Tune 


3' 


1884. 


Aug. 23. 


1806. 


Feb. 


II. 


1889. 


June 13. 


1808. 


Sept. 


30 


,1831. 


Nov. 23, 


1764, 


Mav 


9' 


1836. 


Sept. 23 


. 1764. 


Dec. 


24. 


1852. 



Oct. 2. 1737, 



Children: 
Davies. 
Mary H., 



Francis, Thomas, Esq. 

Nov. 2, 1823. 
Apr. I. 1833, 



1823. 



May 29. 1883. 
July 25. 1893. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



zn 



Parentage: 

NAME. 

Thomas Francis, Esq., 
Alice Lothrop, 

Paternal Grand: 
Thomas D. Francis, 
Eunice Millett, 

Maternal Grand: 
Daniel Lothrop, Jr., 
Sally Whiting. 



BIRTH. 

Jan. 26, 1785, 
Apr. 4, 1795, 

Nov. 23, 1764, 
Sept. 23, 1764. 

Mar. 28, 1767. 



DEATH. 

Jan. 29, 1869. 
1880. 



May 9, 1836. 
Dec. 24, 1852. 



Children: 
Sewall, 
Esther, 
Orissa, 

Parentage: 
Capt. John Francis, 
Patience Parcher. 

Paternal Grand: 
Thomas D. Francis, 
Eunice Millett, 



Francis, Capt. John. 

Sept. 18, 181 1, 
June 26, 1 81 5. 
Mav 20, 1828. 



Aug. 22, 1814. 



Dec. 9, 1787, Sept. 23,1864. 



Nov. 23, 1764, 
Sept. 23, 1764. 



May 9, 1836. 
Dec. 24, 1852. 



Francis, Samuel L. 

Children by first wife : 

Susan Maria, Mar. 5, 1834, Jan. 29, 1837. 

William Henry, Jan. 12, 1836. 

Children by second wife : 

Page Lane, Feb. 12, 1843. 

John Adams, Jan. 10, 1850. 

Parentage: 

Samuel L. Francis, Aug. 23, 1806, Feb. 11, 1889. 

Naomi P. True. Feb. 11, 1815, Oct. 12, 1881. 

Sally Storrs True, first wife, Jan. 25, 1806, Feb. 3, 1837. 

Paternal Grand: 

Thomas Davis Francis, Nov. 23, 1764, May 9, 1836. 

Eunice Millett, Sept. 23, 1764, Dec. 24, 1852, 

Maternal Grand: 

Joshua Morse True, May 13, 1770, Feb. 5, 1846. 

Lucy Page, Apr. 15, 1771, Feb. 26, 1829. 



378 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



Children : 

NAME. 

Wallace L., 

Frederick D., 

B. Franklin, 

Thomas Edwin, 

Fremont Davis, 

Rosa Lena, 

Fred E., second wife's child, 

Parentage: 
Davis Francis, 
Rosamond Lane, 
Second, Julia Ann Fernald, 

Paternal Grand: 
Thomas Francis, Esq., 
Alice Lothrop, 

Maternal Grand: 
Issacher Lane, 
Dorcas Lane, 



FranciSj Davis. 



BIRTH. 

May 12, 1850. 
May II, 1852, 
Dec. 9, 1854, 
Mar. 18, 1857, 
Aug. 23, 1863, 
Apn 14, 1861, 
Oct. 7, 1874. 

Nov. 2, 1823, 
Mar. 28, 1827, 
Jan. 12, 1835, 

Jan. 26, 1785, 
Apr. 4, 1795, 

May 2, 1798, 
July 19, 1798, 



DEATH. 



Sept. 23,1859. 
Apr. 12, 1880. 
Sept. 18,1874. 
Feb. 16, 1864. 
Nov. 30, 1891. 



May 29, 1883. 
Dec. 24, 1863. 
Fall, 1876. 

Jan. 29, 1869. 
1880. 



Dec. 23, 1891. 
Nov. 22, 1884. 



Children: 
Samuel P., twin, 
Ulmer P., twin, 
Augustus S., 
Louise H., 
Millie B., 



Francis, William Henry. 

Oct. 23, 1859. 
Oct. 23, 1859. 
Nov. 17, 1864. 
Nov. 15, 1874. 
June 7, i< 



Parentage: 
William Henry Francis, 
Zipporah L. Perley, 

Paternal Grand: 
Samuel L. Francis, 
Naomi P. True, 

Maternal Grand: 
L^lmer Perley, 
Louise H. Merrill, 



Jan. 12, 1836. 
Sept. 8, 1835. 

Aug. 23, 1806, 
Feb. II, 1815, 

Sept. 4, 1808, 
Apr. 10, 1810, 



Feb. II, 1889. 
Oct. 12, 1881. 

Aug. 23, 1888. 
Nov. 25, 1899. 



Children: 
Gard Rosamond, 
Gladvs Hester, 



Francis, Wallace L. 

Feb. 29, 1880. 
Jan. 5, 1883. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



379 



Parentage: 

NAME. 

Wallace L. Francis, 
Georgia A. Francis, 

Paternal Grand: 
Davies Francis, 
Rosamond Lane, 

Maternal Grand: 
John G. Francis, 
Hester A. Haskell, 



BIRTH. 

May 12, 1850. 
June 8, 1859. 



Nov. 2, 1823, 
j\Iar. 28. 1827, 



Oct. 10, 1826, 
Feb. 10, 1823. 



DEATH. 



May 29, 1883. 
Dec. 24, 1863. 



Jan. 23, 1893. 
Oct. 28, 1900. 



Frost, Joseph. 
Children: 
William, 
Nathan Newell, 

Parentage: 
Joseph Frost, 
First, Mary Carver. 

Paternal Grand: 
Dominicus Frost, 
Abbott. 

Maternal Grand: 
Eleazer Carver. 

Second Marriage : 

Joseph Frost married second, Florentine Rose. 

William Frost married Elizabeth Lothrop. 



Children: 
Orintha J., 
Oliver P., 
Deborah W., 
Bartlett C, 
Esther A., 
Evander D., 
Harriet S. 

Parentage: 
Oliver P. Frost. 
Esther May Jennings. 



Frost, Oliver P. 



June, 1826, 


Sept. II. 


1899. 


Dec, 1827. 






Oct. 30, 1829. 






Mar. 31, 1832. 






Jan. 8, 1835. 






Nov., 1836. 


Nov., 


1846. 



;8o 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



Paternal Grand: 
Dominicus Frost. 
Abbott. 

Maternal Grand: 
John Jennings. 
Sally Mourton. 



Children: 
na:me. 
William H., 
Miranda, 
Caroline R., 
Esther M., 
Esther M., 
Kimball P., 
Josephine W., 



Fuller, Kimball Prince. 

BIRTH. 

Dec. 24, 1829, 
Dec. 25, 1831, 
Mar. 20, 1835, 
Sept. 8, 1837, 
Jan. 27, 1840. 
May 17, 1842, 
Apr. 2, 1844. 



Parentage: 
Kimball Prince Fuller, 
Miranda Carman, 

Paternal Grand: 
Jesse Fuller, 
"Ruth Prince. 

Maternal Grand: 
Thomas Carman. 
Elinor Gardner. 



June 30, 1795, 
Aug. 17, 1804, 



DEATH. 

May 18, 1863. 
Apr. 22, 1853. 
Mar. 26, 1855. 
Aug. 15, 1840. 

Aug. 22, 1861. 



Oct. 19, 1866. 
Jan. 2, 1887. 



Children: 
John F., 
Lizzie J., 

Parentage: 
Roland A. Gilmore, 
Cynthia L. Lothrop, 

Paternal Grand: 
John Gilmore, 
Huldah Alger, 

Maternal Grand: 
Thomas Lothrop, 
Jane Bartlett, 



Gilmore, Roland A. 

Mar. 30, 1856 
Apr. I, 1859 



Oct. 26, 1827 
Nov. 14, 1837 

Nov. I, 1790 
May I, 1794 

1812 
Nov. 16, 1814 



Sept. 14, 1864. 
July 16, 1870. 



Sept. 24, i{ 
Jan. 12, 1899. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



;8i 



Gordon, 
Children: 


Greenwood 


. C. 






NAME. 

Hezekiah S., 
John A.^ 
Henry G., 
Viola H., 


BIRTH. 

Dec, 1842, 
June, 1846, 
Apr., 1848, 
Oct., 1851, 


DEATH, 

Feb., 1896. 


Parentage: 
Greenwood C. Gordon, 
Hannah Stinchfield, 


Feb., 
Dec, 


1815, 
1814. 






Paternal Grand: 
Jonathan Gordon, 
Sarah Pettingill, 


Feb., 
May, 


1786, 
1788, 


Jan., 
Dec, 


1876. 
1880. 


Maternal Grand: 
James Stinchfield, 
Hannah Pettingill, 


Aug., 
Feb., 


1773- 
1786, 


July, 

June, 


1857 
1871, 



Gordon, John A. 



Child: 
John H., 


July, 


1894. 






Parentage: 
John A. Gordon, 
Adelia C. Hartt, 


June, 
May, 


1846, 
i860. 






Paternal Grand: 
Greenwood C. Gordon, 
Hannah Stinchfield, 


Feb., 
Dec, 


1815. 
1814. 






Maternal Grand: 
Samuel Hartt, 
Mary A. Hayes, 


Mav, 
Feb., 


1828. 
1825. 


Mar., 


1897. 


Gordon, 
Children: 
Evelyn Blanche, 
Lillian Frances, 
Harold Wallace, 
Florence May, 


Charles W. 

April, 
Jan., 
Dec, 
July, 


ULLAGE. 

1886. 
1889. 
1889. 
1892, 


Apr., 


1893 


Parentage: 
Charles Wallace Gordon, 
Annie F. Burrell, 


Tan., 
Feb., 


1849- 
1861. 







Paternal Grand: 
Charles Smith Gordon, Julv, 1812, July, 1883.. 

Florinda Wing Churchill, Oct., 1817, May, 1886, 



l82 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



Matcnial Grand: 

SAME. 

Alvin Richardson Burrell, 
Lorana Frances Burrell, 



Gould. 



Children: 
Willis Elden, 
John Carlos, 
Alice May. 
Moses Greenwood, 

Parentage: 
Russell L. Gould^ 
Ada Serena Greenwood, 

Paternal Grand: 
Elisha D. Gould, 
Susan Elden Gould, 

Maternal Grand: 
Moses Greenwood, 
Serena Deane Willis, 



BIR 

Mar., 
May. 


TH. 

1830. 
1834. 


DEATH. 


Russell 


L. 






Apr., 
Apr., 
July, 
Dec, 


1870. 

1875. 
1879. 
188 1. 


June, 


1875 


Dec. 
Mar., 


1842. 
1850. 






Oct., 
Aug., 


1812, 
1816, 


Mar., 
Oct., 


1897. 
1883. 


Mar., 
June, 


00 O) 

00 p^ 


Mar., 
Jan., 


1887. 
1851. 



Gould. Frank E. 



Children: 



Maude \\. 
Earl L., 


May, 
Oct., 


1874. 
1877. 






Parentage: 
Frank E. Gould, 
Sarah L. Peare, 


Mar., 
Jan., 


1848. 
1854- 






Paternal Grand: 
Elisha D. Gould, 
Susan E. Gould, 


Oct., 
Aug., 


I8I2. 
I8I6, 


Mar., 
Oct., 


1897. 
1883, 


Maternal Grand: 
Moses B. Peare, 
Phebe Grant. 


Apr., 

July, 


I8I8. 

i8t6. 


June, 


1887, 


Gould, 
Child: 
Bernice A., 


Nathaniel 
May, 


P. 

1890. 






Parentage: 
Nathaniel P. Gould, 
Mae G. Pease, 


Nov.. 

July, 


1863. 
1865. 







HISTORY OF LEEDS 



.-.8 



v5"J 



Paternal Grand: 

NAME. 

Freedom W. Gould, 
Adelia Perley, 

Maternal Grand: 
Augustus Pease, 
Fanuie F. Blaisdell, 



BIRTH. 

Nov., 1830. 
Mar., 1830, 



Mar., 1840. 
July, 1840, 



DEATH. 

Feb., 1892. 
Sept., 1869. 



Child: 
Herbert Leroy, 

Parentage: 
Josiah L. Grant, 
Rebecca Rose, 

Paternal Grand: 
Benjamin Grant. 
Martha Peare. 

Maternal Grand: 
Harvey Rose. 
Phebe Peare. 



Children: 
Harry A., 
Edward L., 
Rose E., 
Joseph L., 
Bertha A., 
Arthur W., 
Linwood S., 

Parentage: 
Amos P. Grant, 
Elmira J. Libby, 

Paternal Grand: 
Benjamin H. Grant, 
Martha Peare, 

Maternal Grand: 
Uriah F. Libby, 
Betsey E. Hallowell, 



Graxt, Josiah L. 

Jan., 1852. 

1827. 
1834. 



Grant, Amos P. 



May, 
Apr., 
Apr., 
Apr., 
Nov., 
Mar., 


1863. 
i86> 
1868. 
1871. 

1875- 
1881. 


Dec, 


1898. 


Jan., 


1886. 






Mar, 
July. 


1842. 
1842. 






Feb., 
July, 


1792, 
1797, 


Dec, 

Aug., 


1876. 
1894. 


Apr., 
July, 


1817, 
1819. 


Aug., 
^ug., 


1894- 
1894. 



;84 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



Grant, Edward L, 



Children: 






NAME. 

Alton, 
Delia, 
Edward L., 


BIRTH. 

Aug., 1890. 
Dec, 1 89 1. 
Aug., 1896. 


Parentage: 
Edward L. Grant, 
Myra M. Carver, 


• Apr., 
Sept., 


1865, 
1872. 


Paternal Grand: 
Amos P. Grant, 
Elmira F. Libby, 


Mar., 

July, 


1842. 
1842. 


Maternal Grand: 
James Carver, 
Mary Fisk, 


Mar., 

J"iy, 


1834. 

iS37- 




Hanscom, Mellen 


J- 


Arthur S., 
Selden L., 
Henry B., 
Florence L., 
Eva M., 
Ora L., 


Aug., 

Nov., 

Apr., 

Dec, 

Jan., 

Oct., 


1880. 
1881. 
1884. 
1888. 

1893- 
1895. 


Parentage: 
Mellen J. Hanscom, 
Rosa V. Gilbert, 


Nov., 
Feb., 


1853- 

1855- 


Paternal Grand: 
Matthias Hanscom, 
Florene Keen, 


Jan., 
Dec, 


1812. 
1818, 


Maternal Grand: 
Aranda Gilbert, 
Diana T. Wing, 


Feb., 
Aug., 


1818, 
1818, 


Children: 
Rav L., 

Wi'lbert N., 


Harvey, Silas. 

Dec, 
Jan., 


1869. 
1872. 


Parentage: 
Silas Harvey, 
Cora Cushman, 


Mar., 
Nov., 


1837- 
1843. 



DEATH. 



Dec 



1898. 



Mar., 1896. 



Feb., 1887. 

June, 1872. 

Sept., 1876. 

July, 1899. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



3^^ 



Paternal Grand: 

NAME. 

John Harvey. 
Sophia Norris. 

Maternal Grand: 
Isaac Cushman, 
Dorcas Loring, 



BIRTH. 



June, 
Mav, 



1801. 
1808. 



DEATH. 



Dec, 
May, 



1882.. 
1850. 



Child: 
Laura Margaret, 

Parentage: 
Frank H. Herrick, 
Lucy AL Sylvester, 

Paternal Grand: 
Horace Herrick, 
Sophronia L. Palmer, 



Herrick, Fran 
Apr. 



Aug. 
Apr. 

Dec. 
Mav 



Maternal Grand: 
Lorenzo Mellen Sylvester, Oct. 

Saphila C. Metcalf, Dec. 

Margaret ]\L Herrick, sister of 

Horace Herrick, Nov. 

Lottie A. Herrick, sister of 

Frank H. Herrick, Sept. 



K H. 
15, 1899. 

22, 1856, 
26, 1867. 

I, 1826, 

23. £834, 

I, 1834. 
9. 1839. 

6, 1822. 

3, 1868. 



Nov. 9, 1890. 
Mar. 26, 1901. 



HOBB; 



Child: 
Dora R., 

Parentage: 
Arthur W. Hobhs, 
Mabel H. Aklen, 

Paternal Grand: 
Josiah W. Hobbs, 
Dora L. Rryant, 

Matertial GraUd: 
Horace F. Alden, 
Fsthcr B. Hussey, 



Arthur 
Dec, 

May, 
Aug., 

Feb., 
April, 

Nov., 
Feb.. 



W. 



1899. 

1872. 

T847. 
1849. 

1842. 
1845. 



Jan.. 

Aug. 
Tnlv, 



1873- 

1880. 
T897- 



386 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

HosLEY, Columbus P. 
Children: 

XAME. BIRTH. DEATH. 

William C, Sept., 1872. 

Freddie L., Feb., 1876. July 30, 1877. 

Linwood P., Nov., 1882. 

Charles G., Apr., 1885. 

Parentage: 

Columbus P. Hosier, JMay, 1847. 

Bessie A. Bodge, Jan., 1847. 

Paternal Grand: 

Columbus C. Hoslev, Apr., 1802. Oct. 6, 1885. 

Abigail Griffith, ' Feb., 1805. July 20, 1886. 

Maternal Grand: 

Andrew Bodge, Jan., 1810. Oct. 31, 1899. 

Sally ]\Ianson, Jan., 181 1. May 30, 1894. 

Howards in Direct Line from the Plymouth Colony 

John Howard^ Bridgewater, 

Mass. 
Maj. Jonathan'-', Bridgewater, 

Mass. 
Seth", Bridgewater, Mass. 
Jesse'*, Bridgewater, Mass. 

Capt. Seth" settled in Leeds in 

1802. Married Nov. 21, 1782, Nov. 5, 1762, Jan. 5, 1844. 

Desire Bailey, Jan. 23, 1762, Dec. 28, 1829. 

Ch ildren : 

Stillman^. May 20, 1785, Feb. 16, 1861. 

Everett, < Nov. 22, 1785, Nov. 23, 1820. 

^^'ard, .- • Dec. 18, 1789, July 19, 1855. 

Seth. - Aug. 9, 1792, Feb. 12, 1847. 

Rowland Bailey, July 29, 1795, Apr. 30. 1840. 

Aurelia. » June 28, 1797. 

Lucretia, • Feb. 2, 1800, Dec. 28, 1884. 

Valantine Rathburn,* Apr. 11, 1803, 1828. 

Benjamin Franklin, • Jnne 4. 1806, Dec. 30, 1882. 

Stillman Howard^; May 20, 1785, Feb. 16, 1861. 

Lydia Lothrop,, • May 5, 1789, Apr. 6. 1872. 
Married Sept. 27, 1807. 

Children: 

Lloyd Everett, Aug. 8, 1808, Oct. 9, 1810. 

Stillman Lothrop'' •, Mar. 10, 18 10, Nov. 9, 1890. 

Rozilia Augusta, • Jan. 30, 1812, Oct. 4, 1859. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



;87 



NAME. 

Mary Louisa, 
Lydia Arvilla, 
Lucretia Phillips, 

Seth Howard". 
Amanda Additon. 

Children: 
Elsie Amanda, 
Florilla, twin, 
Fletcher, twin, 
Lydia Ann, 
Seth Adelbert, 
Dora Lovisa, 
Lucretia Lane. 

Elsie A. Howard. 
Herbert W. Lincoln. 
Married Apr. ii, 1869. 

Children: 
Annie Elsie, 
Howard Elliot, 
Mabel Dora, 

Florilla Howard. 
Jas. C. Pike. 

Married Nov. 18, 1877. 

Children: 
Frank Howard, 
Cora Mary, 
Edna Amanda, 

Fletcher Howard®. 
Nancy Percy Pike. 

Married July 21, 1883. 

Lydia Ann Howard. 
Charles S. Pike. 

Married Sept. 13, 1882. 

Seth Adelbert Howard®. 
Stella Tryon. 

Married Sept. 27, 1883. 

Ch ildren : 
Geors^e, 
Seth.^ 



BIRTH. 

May 14, 1816, 
Mar. 25, 1818, 
Sept. 19, 1820, 

June 6, 1828. 



Mav 17, 1 85 1. 
Oct. 5, 1853. 
Oct. 5, 1853. 
June 18, 1857. 
June 6, 1859. 
July 29, 1863. 
Aug. 22, 1866. 



July 21, 1870, 
Dec. 16, 1877. 
Nov. 12, 1879. 



Jan. 4, 1879. 
Oct. 15, 1881. 
Dec. 19, 1883. 



DEATH. 

Aug. 17, 1856. 
Nov. 9, 1848. 
Dec. 23, 1844. 



Tulv 28. 1884. 
Feb. IS, 1886. 



388 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



Dora Lovisa Howard. 
Junius C. Wing. 

Married Nov. 24, 1891. 

Children: 

NAME. 

Beulah Amanda, 
Arland Junius, 
Stella Ardelia, 



BIRTH. 

Mar. 4, 1893. 
Mar. 3, 1897. 
Aug. 21, 1900. 



DEATH. 



Howard^ Rowland B. 

Rowland Bailey Howard, July 29, 1795, 

Eliza Otis, 

Children: 
Oliver Otis, Nov., 1830. 

Rowland Bailey. 
Charles Henrv. 



Apr. 30, 1840. 



Child: 
Francis Davis Millett, 

Parentage: 
Lot Howard^ 
Ella T. Millett, 

Paternal Grand: 
Luther Loomis Howard, 
Sarah P. Hussey, 

Maternal Grand: 
Francis Davis Millett, 
Lusina Phillips, 



Howard, Lot. 



Feb., 1 89 1. 

Feb. 24, j86i. 

Aug. 6, 1853. 

Mar., 1826. 

Jan. 5, 1822. 

Oct. I, 1811, 

Jan. 9, 1819. 



Dec. 28, 1893. 



Children. 
John Q., 
Calvin C, 
Maurice S., 
George G., 
Esta^B.. 
Frank H., 



Hussey, George G. 



Jr., 



Parentage : 
George G. Hussey, 
Temima Coburn. 



Dec. 


1832. 




Dec, 


1835. 




Sept., 


1838. 




Aug., 


1841, 


Oct. 28, 1862. 


Feb., 


1845. 


July 17, 1897. 


Aug., 


1848. 




June. 


1809. 


June, 1888, 


June, 


i8to. 


bee, 1893 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



189 



Paternal Grand: 
Nathanal Hussey. 
Hannah Love joy. 



Maternal Grand: 
Jesse Coburn. 
Nancy Tarr. 












Ghildrcn: 


Kemp, 


John 


H. 






NAME. 

Etta G., 

Blanche E., 

Blaine, 

Maria W., 

Lottie May, 

Henry Washington, 




BIRTH. 

Jan., 1880. 
June, 1882, 
Aug., 1884, 
Aug., 1887. 
Dec, 1893. 
Nov., 1898. 


DEATH 

Aug., I 


Parentage: 
John H. Kemp, 




June, 




1855- 





Maggie L. Stewart. 

Paternal Grand: 
George Washington Kemp. 
Maria A. Kemp. 

Maternal Grand: 
George Stewart, 
Eliza Stewart, 



1828. 
1831. 



1884. 



Children: 
Charles Monroe, 
Willard Lorenzo, 
.Clarabella Mae, 

Parentage: 
George Monroe Kenney, 
Eliza Ann Jones, 

Paternal Grand: 
Willard Kenney, 
Polly Cummings Staples, 

Maternal Grand: 
Lorenzo Jones, 
Arabella Rawson Newman, 



Kenney, George Monroe. 



Jan., 


1876. 






Oct., 


1877. 






July, 


1882. 






June, 


1849. 






Nov., 


1848. 






Aug., 


180S. 


June, 


1879. 


Mar., 


1818, 


May, 


1887. 


Dec, 


1806, 


Dec, 


1862, 


May, 


1819, 


J"iy. 


1889. 



390 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



Children: 

NAME. 

Azel, 

Simeon H., 
Abigail L., 
Colista, 
Hannah L., 
Archibald L., 
Charles Sewall, twin, 
Catharine, twin, 
Catharine L., child of 



Knapp, Charles. 

BIRTH. 

May 20, 1811, 
Oct. II, 1812, 
Mar. 3, 1814, 
May 15, 1816, 
Mar. 17, 1818. 
Aug. 7, 18 19, 
Aug. 15, 1821, 
Aug. 15, 1821, 
Hannah, Aug. 31, 1825. 



Parentage- 
Charles Knapp, 
Catharine Lindsey, 
Second, Hannah Lindsey, 

Paternal Grand: 
Joseph Knapp, Jr., 
Eunice Carver, 

Maternal Grand: 
William Lindsey, 
Hannah, 



July 2, 1788, 
Apr. 15, 1787, 
Jan. 17, 1783, 



June 16, 1747, 
Nov. 6, 1752, 



DEATH. 

Aug. 10, 1844. 
July 27, 1823. 
Oct. 7, 1884. 
Jan. 23, 1872. 

May 8, 1897. 
Jan. 5, 1892. 
May 15, 1823. 



Sept. 26, 1875. 
Mar. 27, 1823. 
Apr. 13, 1874. 



Aug. 7, 1840. 
Apr., 1845. 



Mar. 21, 183 1. 
May 7, 183 1. 



Children: 
Flavilla Ruby, 
Rose Emma, 
James White, 
Charles Burton, 
Bradford Archibald, 
Jennie White, 



Knapp, Archibald L. 

Jan. 30, 1845. 

Mar. 8, 1847. 

May I, 1848, 

May 4, 1850. 

Mar. 9, 1857. 
Oct. 26, 1861. 



Parentage: 
Archibald L. Knapp, 
Jane White, 

Paternal Grand: 
Charles Knapp, 
Catherine Lindsey, 

Maternal Grand: 
James White, 
Nancy Kenney, 



Aug. 7, 1819, 
Feb. 5, 1820, 



July 2, 1788, 
Apr. 15, 1787, 



July 31, 1780, 
Nov. 15, 1780, 



June 8, 1848. 



May 8, 1897. 
Dec. 6, 1 89 1. 



Sept. 26, 1875. 
Mar, 27, 1823. 

June 15, 1834. 
July 31, i860. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



391 



Children: 


KnapPj Stephen D. 






NAME. 

Frank M., 
Willie B., 
Charlie R., 
Rollie D., 


BIRTH. 

July, 1868. 
Aug., 1870. 
June, 1874. 
June, 1886. 


DEATH. 


Parentage: 
S. D. Knapp, 
Lizzie B. Aloore, 


Nov., 1839. 
Alar., 1850. 






Paternal Grand: 
Stephen Knapp, 
Sarah Gott, 


Sept., 1800, 
Oct., 1798, 




1892, 
1870. 


Maternal Grand: 
Abner ]\Ioore, 
Eliza Moore, 


June, 1810, 
Jan., 1819. 




1879. 


Children: 
George D., 
Clyde P., 


Knapp, Abial D. 

May 28, 1880. 
Oct. II, 1884. 






Parentage: 
Abial D. Knapp, 
Ella C. .Alillett, 


May 10, 1829, 
Nov. 29, 1852. 


Feb. 20, 


1897. 


Paternal Grand: 
Peltiah Knapp, 
Abigail Xorris, 


Alar., 1800, 
Apr., 1797, 


Alar., 


1881. 
1831. 


Maternal Grand: 
Seth Alillett. 
Lucy Alillett, 


Sept. 10, 1805, 
Julv 24, 18 12, 


Mar. 29, 
Jan. 26, 


1879. 
1899. 



Abial D. Knapp and Ella C. Alillett were married in Leeds 
April 5, 1879, living in Leeds until Air. Knapp's death, having 
two sons. George D. Knapp at the time of his father's death was 
at work in Alassachusetts as station agent. Clyde Knapp was 
attending school at the time of his father's death. 



Child: 
Willis A., 

Parentage: 
Woodbury S. Knapp, 
Rachael B. Greenwood, 



Knapp, Woodbury S. 

Jan., 1856. 



Alav, 

July, 



1831, 
1837- 



Sept., 1897. 



192 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



Paternal Grand: 

NAME. 

Pelatiah Knapp, 
Abigail Norris, 

Maternal Grand: 
Moses Greenwood, 
Susan Dean Willis, 
Second, Mehitable Chute, 



Knapp 



Child: 
Maud L., 



Parentage: 
Willis A. Knapp, 
Julia A. Carver, 
Second, Mabel W. Brown, 

Paternal Grand: 
Woodbury S. Knapp, 
Rachael B. Greenwood, 

Maternal Grand: 
Everett Carver, 
Julia A. Baldwin, 

Maternal Great-Grand: 
Caleb Carver, 



BIRTH. 


DEATH. 


Mar., 


1800. 






Apr., 


1797, 


Oct., 


183 1. 


Mar., 


1806, 


Mar., 


1887. 


June, 
May, 


1808, 
1801, 


Jan., 
Apr., 


1851. 
1887. 


Willis 


A. 






Sept., 


1881. 






Jan., 
July, 
Apr., 


1856. 
1850, 
1873- 


Nov., 


1892. 


May. 

July, 


183 1, 
1837- 


Sept., 


1897. 


July, 
Mar., 


1821, 
1826. 


Nov., 


1881. 


June, 


1800. 







Children : 
John, 

Justin Palmer, 
Kittie, 

Parentage: 
Geo. Bailey Lane, 
Viola Ann Ramsdell, 

Paternal Grand: 
John Lane, 
Vesta Phillips. 

Maternal Grand: 
Luther Ramsdell, 
Achsah Pratt, 



Lane, George Bailey. 

Sept. 5. 1859. 
Dec. 12, 1865, 
Feb. 27, 1875. 



Feb. 16, 1833. 
May I, 1839. 



Aug. 31, 1796, 
Aug. 20, t8oo, 



Sept. 3, 1799, 
Jan. 24. 1808, 



Sept. 5, 1883. 
Feb. 16, 1885. 



May 12, 1863. 
Feb. 23, 1890. 

Jan. 26, 1852. 
Jan. 22, 1878. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



■1 ("1 1 
393 





Lane, 


Adoniram Judson. 




Children: 










NAME. 




BIRTH. 


DEATH. 


Ada A., 




May, 


1855, 


Nov., 1873 


Fremont, 




Jan., 


1857. 


June, 1863 


Willie E., 




Aug., 


i860, 


May, 1899 


Sadie E., 




May, 


1864. 




Winfield S., 




Sept., 


1865. 




Allie, 




J^^iy, 


1873- 


Sept., 1874 


Issachar, 




Sept., 


1877. 




Parentage: 










Adoniram Judson Lane. 








Ann Hazeltine 


Foss. 








Paternal Gr 


and: 








Issachar Lane. 










Dorcas Lane. 











Maternal Grand: 
Rev. Walter Foss. 
Dorcas S. Morrison. 



L. 


VRRAEEE, D 


ANIEL 


Briggs. 






Children: 












Arthur G., 




Oct., 


1839, 


Mar., 


1898 


Three bovs, died in 


infancy. 










Charles W., 




Mar., 


1843- 


Jan., 


1888 


Emily, 






1847, 




1853 


Lewis M., 




Aug., 


1851. 






Parentage: 












Daniel Briggs Larrabee, 


Nov., 


1806, 


Nov., 


1890 


Safifronia Larrabee, 




Jan., 


1811, 


April, 


1883 


Paternal Grand: 












Samuel Larrabee, 












Ruth Moore, 














Larrabee 


Lew^is M. 






Lewis M. Larrabee, 




Aug., 


i8si. 






Lillian W. Keith, 




Dec, 


1861. 






Children: 












Catharine S., 




Nov., 


1883. 






Arvilla S., 




Feb., 


1885. 






Lewis Winn, 




Aug., 


1886. 






Frances, 




June, 


1892. 






Ella A., 




Sept., 


1893. 


Sept., 


1894. 



394 

Children: 

NAME. 

Cora May Belle, 
Lulu Lyden, 
Lorin Percival, 
Charles A., 
Edward Pearl, 

Parentage: 
Lorin F. Libby, 
Flora A. Drake, 

Paternal Grand: 
Asa L. Libby, 
Joan D. Fish, 

Maternal Grand. 
Daniel Drake, 
Rosilla Gilbert, 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 

Libby, Lorin F. 

BIRTH. 

Nov. 19, 1868. 
Dec. 30, 1872. 
Apr. II, 1877. 
Jan. 19, 1872, 
Dec. 18, i^ 



Jan. 18, 1847. 
Apr. 30, 1852. 

Sept. 22, 1820. 
Nov. 28, 1825. 

1831. 
May 7, 1832. 



DEATH. 



Mar. 2, 1872, 



Children: 
Horace J., 
Olive Mabel, 
Charles Norris, 
Connie E., 
Willie H., 

Parentage: 
Samuel P. Libby, 
Emma L. Norris, 

Paternal Grand: 
Pelatiah F. Libby, 
Betsey Carver, 

Maternal Grand: 
Charles Norris, 
Olive A. Maxim, 



Libby, Samuel P. 

Sept. 26, 1875. 
Apr. 3, 1879. 
Apr. I, 1881. 
Feb. 23, 1884. 
Apr. 14, 1886. 

Dec. 13, 1843. 
July 20, 1856. 

Mav 9, 1815, 
Nov. 8, 1 8 16, 

July 10, 1827, 
Feb. 13, 1832. 



Mar. 17, 1887. 
July 15, 1872. 

June I, 1895. 



Children: 
John, 
Polly, 
Abit^ail, 
Azel, 
Hannah, 
Lucy, 
Catharine, 



LiNDSEY, William. 

Mar. 19, 1775, 
Mar. 21, 1777, 
Jan. 26, 1779, 
Jan. 6, 1781, 
June 17, 1783, 
Augr. 30, 1785, 
Apr. 15, 1787, 



Feb. I, 1834. 
June 9, 1819. 
July 23, 1813. 
July 23, 1802. 
Apr. 13, 1874. 
Apr. 8, 1816. 
Mar. 27, T823. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



i95 



NAME. 


BIRTH. 


DEATH. 


James, 


^lay 20, 


1789, 


Feb. 8, 


1870. 


William, 


Aug. 26, 


1791. 


Mar. 31, 


1810. 


Betsey, 


July 24, 


1793. 


July 30, 


1746. 


Archibald, 


Alay 22, 


1795, 


Nov. 15, 


1870. 


Parentage: 










William Lindsey, 


June 16, 


i747> 


]Mar. 21, 


1831. 


Hannah , 


Nov. 6, 


1752, 


May 7, 


1831. 


Lindsey 


, Howard 


1, 






Children: 










Roland, 


Apr. 6, 


1830, 


Aug. 6, 


1855- 


Everett, 


May 20, 


1831. 






Roscoe Green, 


Feb. 5, 


1833, 


Sept. 9, 


1864, 


Rossa Jane, 


Sept. 8, 


1834. 






Frederic Shaw, 


Sept. 29, 


1837, 


Nov., 


1875- 


Julia Ann, 


Oct. 6, 


1839. 






Thomas Jennings, 


Mar. 12, 


1844. 






George Albert, 


Dec. 17, 


1845, 


Feb. 9, 


1893, 


Lewis Leavitt, 


Dec. 8, 


1847. 






Robert, Jr., 


Nov. 27, 


1851. 






Parentage: 










Howard Lindsey, 


Jan. 25, 


1800, 


Jan. 21, 


1880, 


Caroline Lindsay Lindsey, 


May I, 


1810, 


Dec. 15, 


1895. 


Paternal Grand: 










Thomas Lindsey, 




1756, 


Dec. 25. 


1802. 


Thankful Bailey, 




1765 


Sept. 4, 


1847- 


Maternal Grand: 










Daniel Lindsey. 










Jane Gilbert. 











Thomas Lindsey, father, settled on Bishop Hill in 1797, was 
drowned in Androscoggin Pond Dec. 25, 1802. James Lindsey, 
maternal grand., was a Revolutionary soldier. Of the above 
eight sons of Howard and Caroline Lindsey, four were soldiers 
in the Union army during the Rebellion (1861-1865), Everett 
L.. Roscoe L. (who died at Barrancas, Florida), Frederic S. and 
Thomas L. 



Children: 
William H., 
CaroHne, 
James, 



Lindsay, Daniel. 



Feb. I 1809, 
May I, 1810, 
Oct'. 19, 1811, 



Oct. 18, 1850. 
Dec. 15, 1895. 
Mar. 7, 1894. 



)96 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



NAME. 


BIRTH. 


DEATH. 


Charles F., 


Dec. 13, 


1813, 






Julia A., 


Aug. 25, 


1815, 


Nov. 28, 


1858. 


Silas A., 


Dec. 30, 


1817, 


Oct. 9, 


1845. 


Betsey, 


Oct. 16, 


1819, 


Oct. 28, 


1873. 


Alvin H., 


Nov. 13, 


1821, 


Apr. 20. 


1896. 


Josephine B., 


Aug. 14, 


1823, 


Mar. 18, 


1901. 


Clarinda F., 


July 14, 


1825. 






Everett H., 


Sept. 3, 


1827, 




1830. 


Wallace B.. 


May 2, 


1830, 


Mar. 27, 


1861, 


Daniel W., 


Aug. 5, 


1832. 






Parentage: 










Daniel Lindsay, 


Feb. II, 


1784, 


May 2y, 


1863. 


Jane (Gilbert) Lindsay, 


June 29, 


1791, 


Apr. 17, 


1867. 


Paternal Grand: 










James Lindsay, 


July 22, 


1755, 


Jan. 19, 


1849. 


Phebe (Pettengill) Lindsay, 


Oct. 25, 


1755, 


Oct. 13, 


1843- 


Maternal Grand: 










Capt. William Gilbert, 




1756, 


May 25, 


1816. 


Betsey (Bailey) Gilbert, 




1760, 


Aug. II, 


1834. 


LiNDSEY 


, Lewis L 








Children: 










Arthur L., 


July 15, 


1874. 






Bertha ^L, 


Nov. 30, 


1875- 






Alice B., 


June 3, 


1880. 






Annie L., 


April 10, 


1885. 






Harry C., 


Nov. 6, 


1892. 






Parentage: 










Lewis L. Lindsay, 


Dec. 8. 


1847. 






Flora E. (Curtis) Lindsay, 


June 2, 


1852. 






Paternal Grand: 










Howard Lindsay, 


Jan. 25, 


1800, 


Jan. 21, 


1880. 


Caroline Lindsay, 


May I, 


1810, 


bee. 15, 


1895. 


Maternal Grand: 










Abner Curtis, 


Dec. 28, 


1825, 


Feb. II, 


1876. 


Mary H. Curtis, 


July 31, 


1832. 







LOTHROPS FROM DaNIEL THE FiRST LOTHROP IN LeEDS. 

Dec. 10, 1745, 1837. 



Daniel Lothrop, 

Mary Turner, third wife, 

Children: 
Polly, 
Lyda, 



Oct. 29, 1787, 
May 5, 1789, 



1881. 
Apr. 6, 1872. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



397 



NAME. 


BIRTH. 


DEATH. 


Alson, 


Feb. 7, 1792. 






Jonah, 


July 2S, 1795, 


Aug. 23, 


1795- 


Rhoda, 


/\pril 29, 1799. 






Capt. Daniel Lothrop, Jr., 


Alar. 28, 1767. 






Sarah Whiting, 




July 8, 


1807. 


Children: 








Ira, 


Nov. 2, 1787. 






Mahnda, 


Mar. 29, 1789. 






Sarah Whiting, 


July 25, 179 1. 






Hannah, 


Aug. 26, 1793. 






AHce, 


April 4, 1795. 






Daniel, 3d, 


May II, 1797, 


Jan. 8, 


1S21. 


Eaton Whiting, 


Apr. 12, 1 80 1. 






George Howard, 


Apr. 22, 1803. 






Willard. 


Dec. 10, 1805. 






Lucy Gilbert, second wife, 








. Children: 








Lucy, 


Alay 9, 181 1. 






Dulcenia, 


Apr. II, 18 1 3. 






Augustus Washington, 


Jime 22,, 1815. 






William G., 


Apr. II, 18^17. 






( )rnian Franklin, 


Dec. 10, 1818. 






Daniel 3d, 


Apr. 20, 182 1. 






Jane, 


Oct. 20, 1822. 






Emily, 


Jan. 9, 1827. 






Mary Francis, 


Feb. 2T,, 1825. 






George Lothrop, 


June 13, 1765, 


Mar. 4, 


1839 


Polly Thayer, 




Oct. 25, 


1831 


Children: 








Solomon, 


Feb. 26, 1788, 


Aug. 12 


1873 


Levit, 


May 19, 1793. 






Hannah, 


Mar. 19, 1800. 






Jeremiah, 


Oct. 29, 1802, 


Sept. 25 


1874 


Polly, 


Dec. 17, 1804. 






Thomas Lothrop. 








Cynthia Brett, 


i 


Sept. 4, 


1823 


Children: 








Louisa, 


Dec. 9, 1802. 






Osbert, 


Oct. IT, 1804. 






Ebenezer, 


Sept. 10, 1807, 


Dec. 2, 


1851 


Gynthia, 


Nov. 9, 1809. 






Thomas, Jr., 


Oct. 26, 181 T. 







398 HISTORY OF LEEDS 

NAME. BIRTH. DEATH. 

Lydia Susan, Aug. 18, 1815. 

Rufus Daniel, July 28, 18 17. 

Leonard Carey, Apr. 15, 1821. 

Aseneth L., Sept. 10, 1826, Nov., 1829. 

]Mehitable, second wife, Sept. 4, 1852. 

Joshua. Dec. 22, 1827. 

Sullivan Lothrop. 

Polly Haines, Apr., 1823. 

Children: 

Ruthy, Mar. 22, 1799, July 7, 1823. 

Willis, Jan. 26, 1801. 

Sullivan, Jr., Oct. 15, 1802. 

Hannah Seavey, Aug. 30, 1804. 

Ohve, July 7, 1806, Feb. 15, 1889. 

Veranus, Apr. 9, 1808. 

Achsa, Jan. 10, 1810. 

Polly Haines, Apr. 8, 1812, June 29, 1823. 

Fittzelon, Jan. 19, 1815, Dec. 6, 1815. 

Arza Gilmorc, Feb. 20, 1821. 
Mrs. Abigail Jennings, 2d wife. 
Daniel. 
IMary Ann. 
Abbi'e. 

Alson Lothrop. 
Huldah Richmond. 

Children: 

Alson, Jr., Jan. 15, 181 5. 

Drusilla Augusta, Mar. 29, 18 16. 

Leonard Richmond, Apr. 22, 18 17. 

Daniel, Jan. 10, 1820. 

George D. Lothrop, 

Hulda Gilmore, . Nov. 30. 1862. 

Children: 
Mary Francis, Dec 3, 1837. 

Helen Augusta, July, 1841. 

Solomon Lothrop. 
Sarah W. Lothrop. 

Ch ildren : 

George Daniel, Aug. 24, iSu. 

Betsey, Dec. 13, 18 13. 

Solomon Leavitt, June 10, 1817. 

Orissa. Dec. 30, 1819. 

Willard, June 18, 1828. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 399 

NAME. BIRTH. DEATH. 

Leavitt Lothrop, Apr. 17, 1849. 

Betsey Lane. 

Children: 

Elias Lane, Nov. 19, 1817. 

Davis Francis, Sept. 11, 1820. 

Warren Lane, July 5, 1823. 

Caroline Elizabeth, Oct. 17, 1825. 

Mary Jane, July 12, 1833. 

Solomon L. Lothrop, Feb. 8, 1874. 

Hannah Turner. 

Children: 

Lewis Leavitt, Oct. 21.. 1840, Feb. 4, 1842. 

William Henry, May 17, 1842. 

Lydia Albina, Aug. 3, 1844. 

Willard Lothrop. 
Emeline L. Boothby. 

Cliildren: 

Susan, Jan. ti, 1861. 

Frank Burton, J'*J-y 1862. 

Sarah Clyde, Aug-. 6. 1879. 

Davis F. Lothrop. 

Caroline S. Morse, Feb. 16, 1901. 

Children: 

Flora Lovisa, Sept. i, 1847. 

Adonia, ]\Iar. 26, 1849, Sept. 9, 1852. 

Eugene, Oct. 6. 185 1, Aug. 30, 1852. 

Elias, July 7, 1853. 

Seville, Jan. 10, 1855, Jan. 16, 1856. 

Irvin Scott, Feb. 22, 1856. 

Olive Morse, May 5, 1858. 

Ralph, Nov. 24, i860. 

Elias L. Lothrop, Sept. 30, 1852. 

Jane Morse. 

Ch ildren : 
Leavitt, June 10, 1848. 

Mary Morse, Dec. 3, 1849. 

A^eranus Lothrop, Apr. 9, 1808, Dec. 23, 1861. 

Esther Lane. 

Children: 
Warren Lane, July 21. 1847. 

Aubrey Giddings, Apr. 10, 1854. 



400 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



NAME. 
Arza G. Lothrop, 
Martha J. Ramsdell, 

Children: 
Luther Ramsdell, 
V'eranvis Willis, 



BIRTH, 

Feb. 20, 182 1. 
Mar. 8, 1827, 

Nov. 24, 1853. 
Jan. 24, 1863. 



DEATH. 

July 20, 1892. 



Turners. 



Josiah Turner. 
Lydia. 

Children: 



Cyntha, born in Bridgewater, 


Feb. 15, 


1779. 








Joseph, born in 


Bridgewater, 


Alar. 19, 


1781. 








George, born in 


I Bridgewater, 


Jan. 2, 


1783, 


Oct. 


2, 


1862. 


Lewis, born in 


Bridgewater, 


Nov. 15, 


1784. 








Lydia, born in 


Bridgewater, 


Oct. 16, 


1786. 








Josiah, Jr., bor: 


11 in Leeds, 


Jan. I, 


1789. 








Desire, born in 


Leeds, 


Mar. 31, 


1791. 








Benjamin, 




Apr. 6, 


1793- 








Hannah, 




lulv 10, 


1797. 








Diana, 




Oct. 18, 


1799. 








William Turner. 








Mar. 


2, 


1829, 


Joanna. 














Children: 














Obadiah, 




Mar. II, 


.1783- 








Lvdia, 




Nov. 28, 


1784. 








William, Jr., 




Aug. 12, 


1786. 








Gracy, 




Nov. 4, 


1788. 








Simeon, 




Jime 22, 


1791. 






J 


Joanna, 




Mar. 17, 


1794- 








James, 




Feb. 18, 


1796, 


Apr. 


13' 


1812. 


Tane. 




Apr. 19, 


1798. 








David, 




Feb. I, 


t8oi. 


Feb. 


3. 


1801. 


Edwin, 




Aug. 27. 


t8o2. 








George Turner., 




June 2, 


1783, 


Oct. 


2, 


1862. 


Betsey Gilbert, 








Apr. 


8, 


1854- 


Ch ildren : 














Cynthia, 




Dec. 10, 


1801, 


J"iy 


19. 


1803. 


Betsey Palmer, 




Oct. 2, 


1803. 








Cyntha, 




Mar. 31, 


1805. 








vSobrina, 




Oct. ^, 


1807. 








George Washington, 


Mar. 6, 


t8to. 








Lydia, 




Jan. 21, 


t8i2. 









HISTORY OF LEEDS 4O L 

NAME. BIRTH. DEATH. 

Deborah, May 2, 1814, Sept. 3, 1815. 

Josiah, May 25, 18 16. 

Hannah, Oct. 11, 1818. 

WilHani, Feb. 2^, 1821. 

John, Aug. 10, 1823. 

Sarah, Nov. 13, 1826. 

Benjamin, July 8, 1828. 

Martha Ann, Mar. 25, 1832. 

Joseph Turner, Apr. 30, i860. 

Deborah Gilbert, Apr. 24, 1814. 

Children: 

Eunice, July 25, 1803. 

Phillips, Aug. 8, 1805. 

Joseph, Jr., Nov. 5, 1807, May 13, 1854. 

Julia Ann, Oct. 13, 1809, Mar. 7, 1901. 

Joanna, Feb. 26, 1812, Mar. 8, 1835. 

William Gilbert, Apr. 21, 1814. 

Hannah Pettingill, second wife. 

Children: 

John, Oct. 14, 1816, Mar. i, 1817. 

Jane Robinson, Aug. 7, 1824. 

Josiah, Oct. 11, 1829. 

Cynthia Welcome, Sept. 15, 1826. 
Mrs. Esther Scammon, 3d wife, Sept. 29, 1855. 

Lewis Turner. Aug. 19, 1866. 

Hannah Collier. 

Children: 

Oscar Dunreath, May 29, 1809. 

Joshua Shaw, July 13, t8ii. 

Francis Orman, Mar. 24, 1813, July 30, 1818. 

Lucius Clark, Dec. 15, 1816. 

Amanda Fitzelen, Oct. 20, 1822. 

Charles Osburn, Jan. 25. 1826. 

Oscar D. Turner, Mar. 15, 1882. 

Rozilla Howard, Oct. 7. 1859. 

Children: 

Lucia, Jtme 10, 1834. 

Florence Augusta. Oct. 4, 1848. 

Joshua S. Turner. 
Betsey Lothrop. 



402 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



BIRTH. 

Aug. 6, 1834. 
Jan^ 13, 1837. 
Apr. 16, 1839. 



Mar. 3, 1838. 
Nov. 3, 1842, 



Dec. 6, 1838. 
Jan. 24, 1840. 
Feb. 13, 1 841. 
Dec. 16, 1842. 
Julv 19, 1844. 
Feb. 6, 1847, 



Children: 

NAME. 

Ermina Jane, 
Emmie Clark, 
Francis Orman, 

Phillips Turner. 
Alary L. Howard. 

Children: 
Victoria Helen, 
Herbert Phillips, 

William G. Turner. 
Mary S. Loring, 

Children : 
Stephen Welcome, 
Ann Clark, 
Henry Sewall, 
Cynthia Welcome, 
Samuel Loring, 
Marv Thomas, 
William P., 
Hannah E., 
Jacabina, 
Last three died with diphtheria. 

Josiah Turner, son of Joseph 
Hannah Dunham. 

Children: 
Lizzie Dunham, 
Ernest Linwood, 
Alice Gertrude, 

John Turner. 
Elizabeth B. Manwell, 

Children: 
John Manwell, 
Marion Elizabeth, 
Benjamin Manwell, 
Lelia Annah, 

Dr. John M. Turner. 
Olive M. Lothrop. 

C/; /W.- 
Florence E., June II, 1891. 



DEATH. 



July 10, 1857. 
Jan. 22, 1865. 
May 4, 1869, 



Aug. 12, i8s6, 
Oct. 28, i860. 
Mar. 14, 1864, 
Aug. 12, 1866, 



Mar. 3, 1844. 
Aug. 17, 1856. 



Feb. 2, 1846. 
Jan. 23, 1886. 



Mar. 5, 1850. 

Mar., 1862. 

Mar., 1862. 

Mar., 1862. 



June 25, 1884. 
Aug. 31, 1886. 

Dec. 24, 1899. 

Oct., 1900. 
T899. 

Dec. 24, 1899. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



403 



Benjamin Turner. 
Harriet H. Lane. 



Children: 












NAME. 

George Henry, 
Peter Lane, 
Grace Haywood, 




BIRTH. 

June 2, 1855. 
Sept. 15, 1857, 
Mar. 10, 1863. 


DEATH. 


Obacliah Turner. 






June 


20, 


1840. 




Children: 
Susannah, 
Anna, 
Ansel, 




Nov. 14, 1803. 
Jan. 23, 1806. 
Feb. 2, 1808, 


Mar. 




1875. 


William and Sarah Turner. 










Children: 
Kate Ina, 
Fred Otis, 
Charles Clark, 




May 15, 1859. 
May 13, 1861. 
Nov. 8, 1865. 








Ansel Turner. 

Lorania Francis, first wife, 

Matilda Francis, second wife. 




Sept, 


• 2, 


1831. 


Child: 
Thomas Francis, 




Apr. 26, 1833, 


Dec. 


26, 


1876. 




SUMNERS. 








Houghton Sumner, 
Mary Rogers, 






Aug. 
May 


29, 
10, 


1862. 
1865. 


Children: 
Mary Houghton, 
Hannah Rogers, 
Albert. 
Caleb R., 
Rachel, 
Ruth Curtis, 
Alvira A., 
Augusta W., 




Sept, 22. 1806. 
May 4, 1808. 
Mar. 30, 181 1. 
Oct. 15, 1812, 
Feb. 14, 1816, 
Oct. 18, 1817. 
Oct. II, 1820. 
Dec. 16, 1823. 


Jan. 
Apr. 


19. 
19- 


1858. 
1816, 


Caleb R. Sumner. 
Sophia Curtis, 






Jan. 


27, 


1889. 


Children: 
William Benson, 
Levi Curtis, 
Albert Winzer, 




June 4, 1835. 
Feb. 27, 1847. 
Jan. 4, 1852. 









404 HISTORY OF LEEDS 



NAME. 


BIRTH. 


DEATH. 


Lemuel Sumner, 






Aug. 21 


, 1858, 


Mehitable . 










Children: 










Nancy, 


Apr. 13, 


, 1812. 






Samuel Houghton, 


Feb. 9, 


1816, 


Jan. 29, 


1895. 


Albert Winsor, 


Nov. 9, 


1822. 






Lemuel H. Sumner. 










Olive Knapp. 










Children: 










Almina Jane, 


Feb. 28, 


1841, 


July 14. 


1885. 


Mary Ellen, 


J"lv 31. 


1843. 






Lucille La Roy, 


Oct. 7, 


i847> 


Aug. 30, 


1849. 


Ezra Ramsdell, 


Oct. 6, 


1850, 


Aug. 10, 


1873- 


Oleva Estelle, 


Feb. 13, 


1856. 






Albert W. Sumner, 


^ 




May 15, 


1871. 


Lucy Ann Robbins, 






Nov. 23, 


1876. 


Children: 










Lucy Ann, 


Aug. 28, 


1854, 


Apr. 20, 


1883. 


Charles Albert, 


Aug. 18, 


1856. 






Nancy jMehitable, 


Mar. 5, 


i860, 


Nov. 26, 


1885. 


Edward Windsor, 


Aug. 24, 


1866. 






Ellen Frances, 


Dec. 10, 
Otis, Ensign. 


1869. 






Ensign Otis, 






Sept. 17, 


1872. 


Martha, first wife, 


1 




Aug. 18, 


1858. 


C7n7(y.- 










John Harrison, 


Oct. 28, 


1824, 




1900. 


Laura Howard, second 


wife. 








Child: 










Ensign, Jr.. 


June 1 1 , 
Bailey, Jacob. 


1863, 


Dec. 21, 


1879. 


Jacol) Bailey, 






Dec. 15, 


1857- 


Sarah , 






July 29, 


1839. 


Ch ildren : 










Sarah, 


Mar. 11, 


1791. 






Jacob, 


May I, 


1792. 






Ezekiel, 


Sept. 12, 


1793- 






Martin, 


Feb. 19, 


1795- 






Hannah, 


Apr. 12, 


1796. 







HISTORY OF LEEDS 



405 





NAME. 


BIRTH. 


DEATH, 


Ruth, 




June 21, 


1797. 




David, 




Feb. 24, 


1799. 




Anna, 




Aug. 24, 


1800. 




Mary, 




Mar. 4, 


1802. 




Lucy, 




Aug. 5, 


1803. 




Sands, 




May 17, 


1806. 




Esther 




June 2, 
Otis, Oliver. 


1809, 


Mar. 10, 1832. 


OHver 


Otis, 






Sept. 28, 1844. 


Betsy 


Stinchfield. 








Ch ildrcn : 








Fanny, 




May II, 


1793- 




Ensign 


, 


Apr. II, 


1795- 




Sally. 




Apr. 28, 


1797. 




Lydia, 




June 24, 


1799. 




John. 




Aug. 3, 


1801. 




Eliza, 




Dec. 10, 


1804. 




x\mos. 




Sept. 19, 


1813, 


Aug., 1844. 


Martha 


Jane, 


Sept. 30, 


1821. 





LOTHROP, WiLLARD. 



Children: 






Susan Emily, 


Jan. 


1861. 


Frank Burton, 


July 


1862. 


Sara Clyde, 


Aug. 


1879. 


Parentage: 






Willard Lothrop, 
Emeline Boothby, 


June 18, 
Feb. 


1828. 
1842. 


Paternal Grand: 






Solomon Lothrop, 
Sarah Whiting Lothrop. 


Feb. 


1788, 


Paternal Great-Grand: 






George Lothrop, 
Polly Thayer. 


June 


1765. 


Paternal Great-Grcat-Grand 






Daniel Lothrop, 
Hannah Howard. 


Dec. 10, 


1745- 


Maternal Grand: 






Rev. Samuel Boothby, 
Sarah Leadbetter, 


Apr. 17, 
Sept. 


1808. 
1811. 



Ausf. 



1873. 



Mar., 1839. 



July 9, 1884. 



4o6 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



Mann, I. Henry. 



Parentage: 
name. 
Albert H. Mann, 
Polly C. Keene, 


BIRTH. 

Nov. 1833. 
July 1828, 


DEATH. 

Jan., 1894. 


Paternal Grand: 
Ebenezer Mann, 
Alma Josselyn, 


Oct. 

Nov. 


1788, 
1793.. 


May, 
Feb., 


1884. 
1883, 


Maternal Grand: 
Abiathar Keene, 
Sarah M. Coburn, 






Dec, 

July, 


1870. 
1884. 



Ebenezer Mann was born in Pembroke, Mass., in 1788, and 
came to Leeds in 1818. 



Merrill, Sylvanus Cobb 
Children: 
Louisa Elizabeth, 
Zalinda Ann, 
Burt, 

Maude Eveline, 
Rosina, 
Freeman, 
Irving, 
Nellie, 

Parentage: 
S. C. Merrill, 
First, Rosina Manwell, 
Second, Eliza A. Rose, 

Paternal Grand: 
Charles Merrill, 
Elizabeth Wing Freeman, 

Maternal Grand: 
Jarius ManwelL 
Phoebe Bishop, 

Eliza A. Rose, born in Abington, Mass 



Jan. 


1857, 


Aug., 


1882. 


June 


1862. 






April 


1864. 






June 


1872. 






March 


1874. 






Nov. 


1876. 






June, 


1879. 






April, 


1884. 






Oct. 


1826. 










Oct., 


1865. 


April, 


1854. 






April, 


1798, 


June, 


1837. 


Aug., 


1801, 


July, 


1846, 



July, 



1882. 



Children: 
Carl S., 
Belva L., 
Percy W., 
Lester M., 



Merrill, Edwin K. 

June 4, 1883. 
Sept. 25, 1884. 
April 5, 1886. 
Apr. 18, 1894. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



407 



Parentage : 

NAME. 

Edwin K. Merrill, 
Carrie W. Thomas, 

Paternal Grand: 
John Y. Merrill, 
Nancy S. Manwell, 

Maternal Grand: 
William Thomas, 
Louisa C. Woodbury, 



BIRTH. 

Nov. 20, 1859. 
Feb. 12, 1861. 

Oct. 19, 1823, 
Jan. 22, T827, 

July 21. 183 1. 
April I, 1838. 



DEATH. 



Nov. I, i< 
June 17, i860. 



Child: 
Alton Gordon, 

Parentage: 
Herbert L. Millett. 
Lydia A. Gordon. 

Paternal Grand: 
Benjamin Millett. 
Eliza G. Lincoln. 

Maternal Grand: 
Charles S. Gordon. 
Florinda Churchill. 



Millett^ Herbert L. 

June 1S72. 



MooDv, Charles S. 



r/n7</; 
Bertha L., 




Aug. 


1877. 






Parentage: 
Charles S. Moody, 
Millie E. Shorey, 




April, 
Feb., 


1848. 
1849. 






Paternal Grand: 
William Moody, 
Eliza Weymouth, 




Feb., 
Jan., 


1808, 
1812, 


June, 

July, 


1884, 
1880, 


Maternal Grand: 
Ivory Shorey, 
Elmira B. Thompson, 


Aug.. 


1S08, 
1816, 


Oct., 
June, 


1884, 
1886, 


Children: 
Leon ]\L, 
Grace M., 
Ethel E., 


Norton, 


Benjamin 

May, 
Nov., 
Jan., 


M. 

1870. 

1873- 
1887. 







4o8 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



NAME. 


BIRTH. 


DEATH. 


Carrie A., 


Jan., 


18S9. 






\^aella, 


Aug., 


1893. 






Paroitagc: 










Benjamin M. Norton, 


Feb., 


1848. 






Laura E. Nichols, 


Mar.. 


1858. 






Paternal Grand: 










Benjamin C. Norton, 


Jan., 


1819, 


Feb., 


1890. 


.Sarah J. Nichols, 


Dec, 


1824, 


Mar., 


1856. 


Maternal Grand: 










Charles E. Nichols. 


Feb., 


1831. 






Dora M. Bubier, 


July, 


1825, 


Nov., 


1898. 


Parker 


, Fred 


A. 






Children: 










Lindlev Gilbert, 


Feb., 


1880. 






Baby, ' 


July, 


1885, 


July, 


1885. 


Percy Russell, 


Mar., 


1888. 






Syline, 


Sept., 


i8qt. 






Gladys, 


Dec, 


1893. 






Stanley Bradbury, 


Sept., 


1895- 






Pare)itagc: 










Fred Augustine Parker, . 


Aug., 


i8sv 






Lois Viola Gilbert, 


Aug., 


1852. 






Paternal Grand: 










Greenlief Parker, 


Sept., 


1819. 


July, 


1887 


Frances Stoddard, 


Dec, 


1818, 


June, 


1894 


Maternal Grand: 










Avanda Gilbert, 


Feb., 


1818, 


Sept., 


1876 


Diana Wing, 


Aug., 


i8.[8. 


July, 


1899 



Children: 
Henry F., 
Emily /\., 
Emily A., 
Ermina E., 

Parentage: 
Cyrenius Pettengill, 
Amy A. Bates, 



Pettingill, Cyrenius. 

Apr. 10, 1846. 
Sept. 14, 1850, 
Aug. 28, i860. 
Nov. 28, 1862. 



Mar. 27. 1820. 
Jan. 15, 1826. 



Nov. 2y, 1855. 



Paternal Grand: 

NAME. 

Reuel Pettengill, 
Lydia Briggs, 

Maternal Grand: 
Hervey Bates, 
Nancy G. Rand, 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



BIRTH. 

Sept. 17, 1792, 
Feb. 14, 1794 , 

June 10, 1789, 
Apr., 1799. 



409 



DEATH. 

Oct. 23, 1862. 
Dec. 21, 1873. 

May 9, 1877. 
Dec. 12, 1856. 



Children: 
Winifred, 
Carl S., 
Ethel G., 
Irving H., 
Clarence B., 

Parentage: 
Henry F. Pettengill, 
Adelia M. Gordon, 

Paternal Grand: 
Cyrenius Pettengill, 
Amy A. Bates, 

Maternal Grand: 
Sewall B. Gordon, 
Asenath Gordon, 



Pettengill, Henry F. 

Feb. 26, 1874. 
May 14, 1876. 
Aug. 29, 1878. 
July 3, 1880. 
Jan. 13, 1884. 



Apr. 20, 1846. 
Dec. 13, 1846. 

Mar. 26, 1820. 
Jan. 15, 1826. 

June 19, 1817, 
Nov. 25, 1820. 



Dec. 27, 1892. 



Pettengill, Frank E. 



Children: 
Lena May, 
Aubrey E., 


Apr. 

May 


21, 

18, 


1882. 
1885. 




Parentage: 
Frank E. Pettengill, 
Edith M. Coffin, 


July 
Jan. 


5. 
2, 


1861. 
1858, 


May 27, 1885. 


Paternal Grand: 
Arvida' B. Pettengill, 
Elvira A. Sumner, 


June 
Oct. 


27- 
II, 


1818. 
1819, 


Nov. 16, 1899. 


Maternal Grand: 
Nathan W. Coffin, 
Aurelia Gott, 


Nov. 
Jan. 


2, 

15. 


1819. 
1821, 


Feb., 1885. 



Frank E. Pettengill and Georgia A. Beal. married March 8, 



1891. 



4IO 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



Children: 

NAME. 

Edna Jennie, 
Infant, 

Flora Gladys, 
Guy Eugene, 

Parentage: 
Eugene Rose, 
M. Blanche Carver, 

Paternal Grand: 
Caleb Rose, 
Mary Ann Page, 

Maternal Grand: 
John Edd. Carver, 
Jennie D. Richards, 



RosE^ Eugene. 



BIRTH. 

Apr. 5, 1892. 
Jan. 12, 1894, 
IVTar. 29, 1895. 
June 4, 1898. 

-Vpr. 23, 1869. 
Mar. 8, 1874. 

July 5, 1829. 
Nov. 4, 1833. 

July 30, 1852. 
June 7, 1 85 1. 



DEATH. 



Jan. 22, 1894. 



Children: 
Jennie M., 
Edwin H., 
Sadie Bertha, 

Parentage: 
Edwin J. Ridley, 
Sarah A. Stetson, 

Paternal Grand: 
Alexander Ridley, 
Rachel J. Additon, 

Maternal Grand: 
Caleb Stetson, 
Hannah York, 



Ridley, Edwin J. 



Aug., 
Sept., 
June, 


1886, 
1891, 
1896. 


Apr., 
Jan., 


1852. 
1851. 


May, 


1825, 
1833. 


Feb., 
Mar., 


181S. 
1819. 



Child: 
Eula Lane, 



Russell, Ernest Alonzo. 
Feb. 3, 1896. 



Parentage: 
Ernest Alonzo Russell, 
Kittie Lane, 

Paternal Grand: 
Alonzo Proctor Russell, 
Mary Ann Goddard Richardson, Mar. 5, 1846. 



Feb. 17, 1872. 
Feb. 27, 1875. 

Feb. 12, 1843. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



411 



Maternal Grand: 

NAME. 

George Bailey Lane, 
Viola Ann Ramsdell, 



BIRTH. 

Feb. 16, 1833. 
]\Iay I, 1839. 



DEATH. 



Sprague, Orrin S. 
Children : 
Nellie M., b. in Leeds, Jan. 2, 1873. 

Allen H.J b. in Leeds, Aug. 11, 1875. 

Maud M., b. in Leeds, MaV 7, 1878. 

Mattie S., b. in Leeds, Sept. 3, 1888. 

Parentage: 
Orrin S. Sprague, b. St. Albans, Aug. 13, 1845. 
Happie W. Kelley, b. in LTnity, Jan. 10, 1848. 

Paternal Grand: 
Jason Sprague, b. in Greene, June 6. 1820, 
Sophronia Bangs, b. in Wales, Dec. 28, 182 1, 

Maternal Grand: 
Burnham Kelley, b. in Unity, Oct. 20, 1806, 
Martha Stone, b. in Gorham, Apr. 10, 1809, 

Married in Lewiston, Oct. 21, 1871, by Rev. Mr. Burgess. 
Have lived on the Morgan Brewster place. South Leeds, 26 
vears. 



June 3, 1877. 
July I, 1854. 



Oct. 15, 1862. 
Oct. 5, 1892. 



Stinchfield, Thomas. 
Children: 

Thomas, b. in New Gloucester, Sept. 8, 1768, 

Sarah, b. in New Gloucester, July 10, 1770, 

James, b. in New Gloucester, Aug. 10, 1773, 
Martha (called Pattie), b. in 

New Gloucester, Nov. 28, 1774. 

Samuel, b. in New Gloucester, Nov. 6, 1777, 

John, b. in New Gloucester, Sept. 13, 1779. 
Rebecca (first white child b. in 

Leeds), Dec. 11, 1780, 

By second wife : 

Hannah, . Dec. 4, 1793, 



Parentage: 
Thomas^ Stinchfield, b. in 

Gloucester, Mass., 
Sarah True, 
Hannah Lindsey, 



Dec. 29, 1746, 
May 6, 1744, 



1798. 

1848. 

July 28. 1857. 

1850. 
Mav 20, 1826. 



Mar., 1869. 
Jan., 1872. 



Oct. 25, 1837, 
Nov. 18, 1791, 



412 



HISTORY OF I^EEDS 



Paternal Grand : 

^<^\^iE. BIRTH. DEATH. 

John^ Stinchfield, b. in Leeds., 

Eng., Oct. 12, 1715, Jan. 3, 1783. 

Elizabeth Burns, b. North of 

Ireland, Dec. 21, 1713, Aug. 19, 1795. 

Ma tenia! Grand: 
Dea. Benjamin True, of Turner. 



Stinchfield, Rogers M 
Children: 
Betsey, b. in New Gloucester, Apr. 14, 
Abigail, b. in New Gloucester, Mar. 18, 
Susanna, b. in New Gloucester, Sept. 2, 
Capt. Rogers (first white male 

child born in Leeds), 
Zebulon, 
Sarah, 
William, 
Ezra, 
Solomon, 
Ezekiel, 
Benjamin, 

Parentage: 
Rogers Stinchfield, b. in 

Gloucester, Mass., 
Sarah Babson, b. in Gloucester, 

Mass., 

Paternal Grand: 
John Stinchfield, b. in Leeds, 

Eng.. 
Elizabeth Burns, 



W. 



Apr. 14, 


1774- 








Mar. 18, 


1776, 


Mar. 


27, 


1852. 


Sept. 2, 


1778. 








Feb. 9, 


1781, 


Mav 


31, 


1662. 


July 2, 


17^3, 


Mar. 


25, 


1836. 


May 27, 


1785- 








Nov. 14, 


1787, 


Oct. 


24. 


1850. 


Feb. 22, 


1790, 


June 


17, 


i8si. 


Mar. 13, 


1792, 


Aug. 


14; 


1869. 


Apr. 17, 


1795, 






1852. 


June 29, 


1798. 








Oct. 13, 


1752, 


May 


2, 


1827. 


May 9, 


1757- 


Feb. 


10. 


1822. 


Oct. 12, 


1715, 


Jan. 


3, 


1783- 


Dec. 21, 


1713, 


Aug. 


19, 


1795- 



Children: 
John, 
Isaac. 

Mary, called Polly, 
James, 
Elvira, 
Joel, 
Thomas, 
Hannah, 
Abigail, 



Stinchfield, James. 

Dec. 16, 1802, 
May 5, 1804, 
Dec. 9, 1805, 
Sept. 9. 1807, 
June 29, 1809, 
"Mar. 4, 181 1, 
Dec. 6, 18 1 2, 
Dec. 25, 1814. 
Oct. t6, 1817, 



Nov. 2, 1871. 
Jan. 9, 1878. 
May 25, 1890. 
Dec. 21, 1887. 
Apr. 18, 1842. 
Sept. 12, 1888. 
Sept. I, 1863. 

Nov. 27, 1897. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



413 



NAME. 

Aramenta, 
Sewall, 
Allen, 
Eliza A., 

All born in Leeds. 

Parentage: 

James'^ Stinchfield, 

Hannah I'ettingill, 
Paternal Grand: 

Thomas- Stinchfield, 

Sarah True, 

Alaternal Grand: 

William Pettingill, 

Lydia Cobb, 



BIRTH. 

Aug. 24, 1819, 
Mar. 29, 1822. 
Apr. 8, 1825. 
Nov. 29, 1830, 



DEATH. 

Aug. 9, 1862. 



July 3, 1831. 



In New Gloucester. In Leeds. 

Aug. 10, 1773, July 28, 1857. 



In Bridgewater. 
Feb. 14, 1786, 

In Gloucester, ^Nlass. 
Dec. 29, 1746, 

j\Iay 6, 1744, 



In Leeds. 
June 19, 1871. 

In Leeds. 
Oct. 25, 1837. 

In Leeds. 
Nov. 18, 179 1. 



In Bridgewater, Mass. In Leeds. 

Nov. 29, 1759, Nov. 16, 1846. 
In Bridgewater, Mass. In Leeds. 

Nov. 3, 1761, Dec. 3, 1853. 



Stinchfield, 


Capt. Samuel. 








Children: 










George K., 


Apr. 2, 1806, 


Dec. 


4, 


1881. 


James K., 


July 9, 1808, 


Mar. 


28. 


1838. 


Mary A., 


May 15, 1 8 10. 








Samuel, 


Feb. I, 1812, 


July 


7> 


1834- 


Thomas B., M.D., 


Jan. 9, 1814, 


Jan. 


9. 


1862. 


Adelia, 


Jan. 6, 1816. 








John K., AI.D.. 


July 6. 1818, 


July 


II, 


1883. 


Stephen D., Attorney, Judge, 


"May 15, 1820. 








Anson Gancello, Atty.-at-Law, 


Sept. 7, 1822. 








Parentage: 






-- 




Capt. Samuel'' Stinchfield, 


Nov. 6, 1777, 


May 


20, 


1826. 


Mary King, 


Dec. 9. 1780, 


Jan. 


21, 


1858. 


Paternal Grand: 








' 


Thomas Stinchfield, 


Dec. 29, 1746, 


Oct. 


25, 


1837- 


Sarah True, 


May 6, 1744, 


Nov. 


18. 


1791. 


Stinchfield, Isaac. 








Children: 










Isaac. Jr., 


Oct. 29, 1836. 


Sept, 


. 8, 


i860. 


Thomas Jefferson, 


Apr. 6. 1838. 


May 


24, 


1867, 


Charles Knapp, 


Feb. 26, 1840, 


Apr. 


I, 


1875. 



414 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



NAME. 

John Clark, 
Rose Ellen, 
Abbie Lovina, 
Sewall Wallace, 
George Swain, 
Ella Frances, 

Parentage: 
Isaac Stinchfield, 
Abigail Lindsey Knapp, 

Paternal Grand: 
James Stinchfield, 
Hannah Pettingill, 

Maternal Grand: 
Charles Knapp, 
Catharine Lindsey. 
Second, Hannah Lindsey. 



BIRTH. 

Nov. 3, 1843. 
Dec. 6, 1845. 
Jan. 3, 1848. 
May 10, 1850, 
Nov. 25, 1852, 
Nov. I, 1856, 

May 5, 1804, 
Mar. 3, 1814, 

Aug. 10, 1773, 
Feb. 14, 1786, 



DEATH, 



Feb. 22, 1899. 
Nov. 14, 1877. 
June, 1889. 

Jan. 9, 1878. 
Oct. 6, 1884. 

July 28, 1857. 
June 19, 1871. 



July 2, 1783, Sept. 26, 1875. 



Children: 
Susan, 
Seth. 
Sarah, 

Woodbury A., 
Ebenezer, 



Stinchfield, Ebenezer. 

Sept. 2, 1810, 
Aug. 30, 1812. 
May 12, 1815, 
July 2, 1817, 
Nov. 22, 1820, 



Parentage: 
Ebenezer Stinchfield, 
Mary Woodbury, 
Second, Diadama Larrabee. 
Third, Clara Judkins. 
Fourth, Almira Berry. 

Paternal Grand: 
John Stinchfield, 
Marv Lake, 



Feb. 7, 178^ 
Sept. 25, 1786, 



Nov. 4, 1762, 
Sept. 30, 1767, 



Jan., 1879. 

Jan. 10, 1901. 

1881. 

Jan. 22, 1849. 

Jan. 23, 1878. 
Oct. 31, 1852. 



Nov. 15, 1835. 
Sept. 30. 1852. 



Ch ildren . 
Mary H.. 
Hannah R., 
Albert, 
*Calel) R., 
Rachel, 
Ruth C, 
Alvira A., 



Sumner, Houghton. 

Sept. 22, 1806. 
May 4, 1808. 
Mar. 30, 181 1. 
Oct. 15, 1812, 
Feb. 14, 1816, 
Oct. 18, 1817. 



Jan. 19, 1858. 
Apr. 19, 1816. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



415 



Parentage: 

NAME. 

Houghton Sumner, 
Alarv , 



BIRTH. 



DEATH. 

Aug., 1862. 
May, 1865. 



Children of Caleb R. Sumner and Sophia (Curtis) Sumner: 
William Benson, b. June, 1835; Levi Curtis, b. Feb. 27, 1847; 
d. in navy Sept., 1864; Albert Winzer, b. Jan. 4, 1852; Edwin A., 
b. Oct. 20, 1853. 

Sumner, Lemuel H. 



Children: 
Almina J., 
Mary E., 
Lucille L., 
Ezra R., 
Estelle 0., 


Feb. 24, 

July 31, 

Oct. 7, 
Oct. 6, 
Feb. 13, 


1841, 
1843. 
1847, 
i8so, 
1856. 


July 15, 

Sept. 30, 
Aug. 10, 


1885. 

1849. 
1873- 


Parentage: 
Lemuel H. Sumner, 
Olive C. Knapp, 


Feb. 9, 
Feb. 17, 


1866, 
1815. 


Jan. 29, 


1895. 


Paternal Grand: 
Lemuel Sumner, 
Mehitable Ludden, 


Dec, 
Nov., 


1781, 
1786, 


Aug., 
Sept., 


1858. 
1870. 


Maternal Grand: 
Joseph Knapp, Jr., 
Deborah Cushman, 


Oct., 
Sept., 


1790, 
1788, 


Oct., 

Sept., 


1831. 
1868. 



Lemuel H. Sumner and Olive C. Knapp were married April 
19, 1840. Lemuel H. Sumner was fatally hurt by an accident 
Jan. 18, 1895 ; died Jan. 29, 1895. 



Sumner, Joshua Houghton. 

Children : 

Martin W., Nov. 5, 1850, 

Serena E., Dec. 11, 1851. 

Viola A., Nov. 16, 1854, 

Marv E., Feb. 21, 1857, 

Russell H., Feb. 3, 1859, 

Rogers C, Nov. 28, 1861. 

Josephine S., Sept. 4, 1865. 

Levi E.. Oct. 7, 1871, 

Parentage: 

Joshua Houghton Sumner, July 6, 1826. 

Clorinda Ann Maloon, Dec. 20, 1823, 



Dec. 6, 1850. 

Apr. 14, 1872. 
Mar. 25, 1885. 
July 8, 1864. 



Oct. 21, 1871. 



Feb. 20, 1887. 



4i6 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



Paternal Grand: 

NAME. 

Houghton Sumner, 
Mary Rogers, 

Maternal Grand: 
Simon Maloon, 
Sally Drake, 



BIRTH, 

Mar. 30, 1783, 
June 20, 1782, 

Nov. 3, 1795, 
Jan. 6, 1797, 



DEATH, 

Aug. 28, 1862. 
May 10, 1865. 

Jan. II, 1873. 
Feb. 26, 1865. 



Thomas^ 
Child: 
Alton L., 

Parentage: 
Benjamin C. Thomas, 
Susan L. Rounds, 

Paternal Grand: 
William Thomas, 
Sarah , 

Maternal Grand: 
Leonard Rounds, 
Betsey Rounds, 



Benjamin C. 
April, 1868. 



Feb., 
Jan., 

Jan., 
June, 



1844. 
1849. 

1815. 
1816. 

1827. 
1832. 



C/n7 J.- 
Fletcher A., 

Parentage: 
Alton L. Thomas, 
Annie E. Lincoln, 

Paternal Grand: 
Benjamin C. Thomas, 
Susan L. Rounds, 

Maternal Grand: 
Herbert W. Lincoln, 
Elisa A. Howard, 



Thomas, Alton L. 

April, 1896. 



April, 

July* 

Feb., 
Jan,, 

Jan., 
May, 



1868. 
1870. 

1844. 
1849. 

1848. 
185 1. 



Children: 
Harriett Grace, 
Benjamin Abbott, 
Roy Stanley, 

Parentage: 
Peter L. Turner, 
Adelaide C. Abbott, 



Turner, Peter L. 



Sept. 22, 1895. 
Mar. 14, 1898. 
Apr. 3. 1900. 

Sept. 15, 1857. 
Nov. 17, T864. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



417 



Paternal Grand: 

NAME. 

Benjamin Turner, 
Harriett H. Lane, 

Maternal Grand: 
Albert Abbott, 
Harriett Farrington, 



BIRTH. 

July 8, 1828, 
Oct. 16, 1832, 

1838, 
Feb. II, 1842, 



DEATH. 

Oct. 18, 1896. 
Jan. 7, 1892. 

Dec. 20, 1874. 
Alar. 21, 1898. 



Wade, Fred Adeluert. 
Child: 
Ola Mabel, May, 1892. 

Parentage: 
Fred Adelbert Wade. 
Grace Linda Libbey. 

Paternal Grand: 
Samuel Wade. 
Harriet Newell Parsons. 

Maternal Grand: 
Albert L. Libbey. 
Clara A. Lil>bey. 

Samuel Wade and Harriet Xewell Parsons had four children, 
born as follows : 



Albert T., 
Nancv P., 
Helen D., 
Fred A., 



Sept., 
Mav, 
Mar., 
Dec. 



1844, 
1846, 

1854, 
1858. 



June, 1884. 
Sept., 1870. 
Feb., 1857. 



Bachelder Wing, 
]\Iary Tribou, 

Children: 
Xabby. 
Hannah. 
Caleb, 
James, 
Experience, 
Allen, 
Mary, 
Mehitable, 
Sands, 
Phebe. 
Almira. 
William, 



WiNo, Bachelder. 

Feb. 12, 1763. 
Aug. 25, 1764. 



Aug. 


29, 


1781. 


Mar. 


26, 


1783. 


Apr. 


2, 


1785, 


June 


18. 


1787. 


Oct. 


5, 


1789. 


Mar. 


14, 


1792. 


Mav 


9- 


1794. 


Sept. 


15, 


1796. 


Feb. 


8, 


1799. 


Mar. 


12, 


1801. 


Aug. 


i7> 


1803. 


Sept. 


15. 


180=^. 



Mar. 



1854. 



4i8 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



NAME. 
Caleb Wing. 
Joanna Gilbert, 

Child: 
Adna. 
Desire Turner, second 

Children: 
Salmon Alden, 
Joanna, 
Diana, 

Ormand Turner, 
Hiram C. 
Stepben D., 
William, 



Wing, Caleb. 

BIRTH. 

Apr. 2, 1785, 



wife. 



Feb. 17, 18 10, 
Mar. 31, 1 79 1, 

July 15, 1813, 
Oct. 22, 1815, 
Aug. 24, i8i«, 
June 15, 1821. 
Dec. 14, 1824, 
Sept. 10, 1826, 
Jan. 13, 1829. 



DEATH. 

Mar. 2, 1854. 
Nov. 5, 1811. 

July 5, 1864. 
July 20, 1874. 

Mar. 13, 1901. 
July I, 1890. 
July 14, 1899. 

Apr. 25, 1832. 
Mar. 25, 1 85 1. 



James Wing. 
Mary . 

Children: 
Almira. 
Hannab, 
Anna, 
Loring, 
Henry, 
Allen, 
Cyrus S., 
Cbandler, 
Mary Richmond, 



Wing, James. 



Dec. 10, 1809. 
Nov. 23, 1811. 
Dec. 22, 1813. 
Julv 14, 1814. 
July 5, 1818. 
Jan. II, 1821, 
Mar. 6, 1823. 
Feb. 6, 1825. 
Apr. 14, 1827. 



Oct. 24, 1857. 



Nov. 1827. 
Apr. 17. 1830. 



Salmon A. Wing, 
Ardelia Coffin, 

Children : 
Duane Snyder, 
Vesta Coffin, 
Elsie Howard, 
Junius Carlos, 
Stepben Arland, 



Wing, Salmon A. 

July 15, 1813, 
May 6, 1820, 

Nov. 18, 1842. 
Apr. 12, 1846. 
Feb. 6, 1848. 
June 19, i860. 
Oct. 10, 1865. 



Mar. 13, 1901. 
jMar. 18, 1890. 



Ormand T. Wing, 
Octavia Brewster. 



Wing, Ormand T. 

June 15, 1821. 



HISTORY OF LEEDS 



419 



Children: 

NAME. 

Orville D., 
Clara A., 
Ellen M., 
Fred B., 



BIRTH. DEATH. 

Apr. 21, 1848. 

Apr. 19, 1850, Feb. 29, 1852. 
Mar. 14, 1854, Feb. 27, 1852. 
Sept. 4, 1857. 



Childi'cii: 
Roswell S., 
Alena M., 

Parentage: 
William Wing, 
Frances A. Bates, 

Paternal Grand: 
Caleb Wing, 
Desire Turner, 

Maternal Grand: 
Martin Bates, 
Joanna Curtis, 



WiXG, William. 



Feb. 20, 1857. 
Apr. 25, 1865. 

Jan. 13, 1827. 
Jan. 16, 1836. 

Apr. 2, 1785, Alar. 2, 1854. 
Mar. 31. 1791, July 20, 1874. 

1800, Nov. 5, 1 86 1. 
1803, Dec. 18, 1849. 



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